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SUBMITTER: Labonte D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10268211 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20230607 24
Muscle contraction is the primary source of all animal movement. I show that the maximum mechanical output of such contractions is determined by a characteristic dimensionless number, the "effective inertia," <i>Γ</i>, defined by a small set of mechanical, physiological, and anatomical properties of the interrogated musculoskeletal complex. Different musculoskeletal systems with equal <i>Γ</i> may be considered physiologically similar, in the sense that maximum performance involves equal fractio ...[more]