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Physiological Aspects of Legged Terrestrial Locomotion - The Motor and the Machine (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017) Loot Price: R4,348
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Physiological Aspects of Legged Terrestrial Locomotion - The Motor and the Machine (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the...

Physiological Aspects of Legged Terrestrial Locomotion - The Motor and the Machine (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

Giovanni Cavagna

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This book offers a succinct but comprehensive description of the mechanics of muscle contraction and legged terrestrial locomotion. It describes on the one hand how the fundamental properties of muscle tissue affect the mechanics of locomotion, and on the other, how the mechanics of locomotion modify the mechanism of muscle operation under different conditions. Further, the book reports on the design and results of experiments conducted with two goals. The first was to describe the physiological function of muscle tissue (which may be considered as the "motor") contracting at a constant length, during shortening, during lengthening, and under a condition that occurs most frequently in the back-and-forth movement of the limbs during locomotion, namely the stretch-shortening cycle of the active muscle. The second objective was to analyze the interaction between the motor and the "machine" (the skeletal lever system) during walking and running in different scenarios with respect to speed, step frequency, body mass, gravity, age, and pathological gait. The book will be of considerable interest to physiology, biology and physics students, and provides researchers with stimuli for further experimental and analytical work.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Release date: May 2018
First published: 2017
Authors: Giovanni Cavagna
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 274
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-84290-5
Categories: Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > General
Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Biomedical engineering > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Biophysics
Books > Professional & Technical > Mechanical engineering & materials > Materials science > Mechanics of solids > General
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LSN: 3-319-84290-0
Barcode: 9783319842905

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