The input–output relations of skeletal muscle
- 22 August 1995
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 261 (1361), 193-201
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1995.0136
Abstract
We used three approaches to determine the stimulation patterns that maximizc the isometric force-time integral per impulse (FTIpP) available from tibialis anterior muscles of the rabbit. Initially the interval between two pulses was fixed at the value that gave the maximum force-time integral, and successive pulses were added at intervals that maximized the FTIpP. We checked this iterative approach by a second method, in which a computer-generated protocol was used to deliver randomized bursts to the muscles. These experiments confirmed that optimal stimulation patterns for fast muscles consisted of an initial high-frequency portion followed by a train of impulses at a lower frequency. However, for muscles that had been stimulated chronically at a constant low frequency, an initial high-frequency portion conferred no advantage. In a third set of experiments we used constant-frequency bursts to generate contour surfaces that represented the dependence of FTIpP on the frequency and number of impulses. The results agreed with those from the earlier methods. We conclude that optimized patterns have potential for clinical use, but their value will depend strongly on the activation characteristics of the stimulated muscle.Keywords
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