Skeletal Muscle Mechanics

Roland W. Herzog, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Florida in Alachua, Florida. Dr. Herzog is a regular presenter at the annual American Society for Gene Therapy meeting, and his popular course on the topic of immunology and gene therapy is the basis for this exciting new book.

• Partial table of contents: MECHANISMS OF MUSCLE CONTRACTION. Considerations on the Mechanisms of Muscular Contraction (W. Herzog). Cross-bridge Action: Present Views, Prospects, and Unknowns (A. Huxley). THEORETICAL MODELLING OF MUSCLE AND MUSCLE CONTRACTION. Considerations on the Theoretical Modelling of Skeletal Muscle Contraction (W. Herzog). The Two-state Cross-bridge Model as a Link Between Molecular and Macroscopic Muscle Mechanics (G. Zahalak). Three-dimensional Geometric Model of Skeletal Muscle (R. Lemos, et al.). IN VIVO MUSCLE FUNCTION (HUMAN). Considerations on In Vivo Muscle Function (W. Herzog). In Vivo Mechanics of Maximum Isometric Muscle Contraction in Man: Implications for Modelling-based Estimates of Muscle Specific Tension (C. Maganaris & V. Baltzopoulos). Muscle Inhibition and Functional Deficiencies Associated with Knee Pathologies (E. Suter & W. Herzog). Effects of Ageing on Eccentric and Concentric Muscle Torque Production in Lower and Upper Limbs (A. Vandervoort, et al.). IN VIVO MUSCLE FUNCTION (ANIMAL). In Vivo Function and Functional Design in Steady Swimming Fish Muscle (S. Katz & R. Shadwick). Visco-Elastic Properties of Cardiac Trabeculae: Re-examination of Diastole (B. Stuyvers, et al.). Index.