Physiological tremor reveals how thixotropy adapts skeletal muscle for posture and movement
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Physiological tremor reveals how thixotropy adapts skeletal muscle for posture and movement
People and animals can move freely, but they must also be able to stay still. How do skeletal muscles economically produce both movement and posture? Humans are well known to have motor units with relatively homogeneous mechanical properties. Thixotropic muscle properties can provide a solution by providing a temporary stiffening of all skeletal muscles in postural conditions. This stiffening i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Royal Society Open Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2054-5703
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160065