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| List of Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Mechanisms of Muscle Contraction | |
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| Considerations on the Mechanisms of Muscular Contraction | |
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| Cross-bridge Action: Present Views, Prospects, and Unknowns | |
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| Cellular and Molecular Muscle Mechanics | |
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| The Effect of Sarcomere Length on the Force-cytosolic [Ca[superscript 2+] Relationship in Intact Rat Cardiac Trabeculae | |
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| Length Dependence of Force Production and Ca[superscript 2+] Sensitivity in Skeletal Muscle | |
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| Theoretical Modelling of Muscle and Muscle Contraction | |
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| Considerations on the Theoretical Modelling of Skeletal Muscle Contraction | |
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| The Two-state Cross-bridge Model as a Link Between Molecular and Macroscopic Muscle Mechanics | |
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| A General Mathematical Framework for Cross-bridge Modelling | |
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| Parameter Identification of a Distribution-moment Approximated Two-state Huxley Model of the Rat Tibialis Anterior Muscle | |
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| The Effect of Sarcomere Shortening Velocity on Force Generation, Analysis, and Verification of Models for Cross-bridge Dynamics | |
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| Three-dimensional Geometric Model of Skeletal Muscle | |
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| FEM-Simulation of Skeletal Muscle: The Influence of Intertia During Activation and Deactivation | |
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| Rise and Relaxation Times of Twitches and Tetani in Submaximally Recruited, Mixed Muscle: A Computer Model | |
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| Linear and Non-linear Analysis of Lower-limb Behaviour With Heat and Stretching Routines Using a Free Oscillation Method | |
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| In Vivo Muscle Function (Human) | |
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| Considerations on In Vivo Muscle Function | |
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| In Vivo Mechanics of Maximum Isometric Muscle Contraction in Man: Implications for Modelling-based Estimates of Muscle Specific Tension | |
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| Effect of Elastic Tendon Properties on the Performance of Stretch-shortening Cycles | |
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| A Non-invasive Approach for Studying Human Muscle-tendon Units In Vivo | |
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| The Length-force Characteristics of Human Gastrocnemius and Soleus Muscles In Vivo | |
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| In Vivo Measures of Musculoskeletal Dynamics Using Cine Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance Imaging | |
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| Muscle Inhibition and Functional Deficiencies Associated with Knee Pathologies | |
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| Effects of Ageing on Eccentric and Concentric Muscle Torque Production in Lower and Upper Limbs | |
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| Quadriceps Femoris Activation: Influence of Contraction Intensity on Neurobehaviour | |
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| Adaptation of Human Ankle-joint Stiffness to Changes in Functional Demand | |
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| Measuring Human Finger Flexor Muscle Force In Vivo: Revealing Exposure and Function | |
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| In Vivo Muscle Function (Animal) | |
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| Sarcomere Length Non-uniformities and Stability on the Descending Limb of the Force-length Relation of Mouse Skeletal Muscle | |
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| In Vivo Function and Functional Design in Steady Swimming Fish Muscle | |
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| Visco-elastic Properties of Cardiac Trabeculae: Re-examination of Diastole | |
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| Optimization of the Muscle-tendon Unit for Economical Locomotion in Cursorial Animals | |
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| Index | |