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- W175268742 abstract "Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the structure and function of the contractile elements of a muscle. To determine the functional capacity of a muscle, a number of factors must be determined that include the distance from origin to insertion, muscle length, muscle fiber length, and the angle of pennation between muscle fibers and the main force axis. This allows the physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA) of a muscle to be calculated. The final biomechanical factor to consider in the assessment of muscle performance is the mechanical moment arm at each joint crossed by the muscle. Over the usual physiological range, this value can vary systematically, depending on the joint. Irrespective of a motor unit's (MU) types and properties, muscle and joint architecture is neatly adapted to the usual physiological demands placed on the muscle, with some reduction in metabolic cost. There are two small-scale features of a muscle that are being increasingly recognized as altering its function: the first feature considers muscle as a composite material; the muscle fibers are embedded in a complex matrix rather than being parallel elements that generate force only longitudinally, while the second features recognizes that muscle is a tissue with thixotropic properties, which means that its resistance to stretch decreases following lengthening and gradual recovery." @default.
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- W175268742 title "Chapter 2 Skeletal muscle: structure and function" @default.
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