Elastic energy storage and radial forces in the myofilament lattice depend on sarcomere length.

We most often consider muscle as a motor generating force in the direction of shortening, but less often consider its roles as a spring or a brake. Here we develop a fully three-dimensional spatially explicit model of muscle to isolate the locations of forces and energies that are difficult to separ...

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Main Authors: C David Williams, Michael Regnier, Thomas L Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002770&type=printable