Physiological Aspects of Legged Terrestrial Locomotion The Motor and the Machine /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Cavagna, Giovanni (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Human physiology.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedical Engineering.; Human Physiology.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.

This book offers a succinct but comprehensive description of the mechanics of muscle contraction and legged terrestrial locomotion. It describes on the one hand how the fundamental properties of muscle tissue affect the mechanics of locomotion, and on the other, how the mechanics of locomotion modif...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Experimental procedures in the study of muscular function
• Functional anatomy of muscle
• Measurements made during or starting from a state of isometric contraction
• Measurements made after stretching the contracting muscle
• Muscle thermodynamics
• External, internal and total mechanical work done to maintain locomotion
• Walking
• Bouncing gaits: running, trotting and hopping
• Effect of speed, step frequency, age and gravity on the mechanics of running.