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Muscle function during jumping in frogs. I. Sarcomere length change, EMG pattern, and jumping performance
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Muscle function during jumping in frogs. I. Sarcomere length change, EMG pattern, and jumping performance

Gordon Lutz and Lawrence Rome
American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology, Vol.40(2), pp.C563-C570
01 Aug 1996

Abstract

Anatomy & physiology Joints Muscular system Reptiles & amphibians Temperature
Lutz and Rome determined the influence of temperature on muscle function during jumping to better understand how the frog muscular system is designed to generate a high level of mechanical power. Maximal jumping performance and the in vivo operating conditions of the semimembranosus muscle (SM), a hip extensor, were measured and related to the mechanical properties of the isolated SM.

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