... conditions tested here. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 16 6 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 muscle coordination contractile condition medial gastrocnemius muscle soleus muscle cat uphill walking downhill walking...

... are variable. Our goal was to examine the mechanical properties of these tissues under conditions mimicking the in vivo state. Tissue strains were measured in the rat( Rattus norvegicus ) soleus muscle directly from the spacing of metal markers implanted within the tissues of interest using an X-ray video...

...Judith Anderson; Maria I. Almeida-Silveira; Chantal Pérot ABSTRACT Reflex, mechanical and histochemical adaptations of the soleus muscle following 3 weeks of hindlimb suspension (HS) were measured in the rat. HS transformed the soleus muscle fibre type composition from predominantly slow, type I...

...) and force of the cat soleus muscle to assess the EMG–force relationship. A protocol consisting of addition and rate modulation of ten VR filaments that contain alpha motoneurones to the soleus muscle was adopted. EMG was measured using indwelling electrodes and forces were measured at the distal tendon...