title: A mathematical model for predicting relative muscle force with a perturbation analysis of selected muscle parameters.
abstract: A mathematical model is presented that predicts relative muscle forces using a minimum of experimentally derived input data. Tests of this model against literature values for maximum muscle force of four cat hindlimb muscles show a maximum error of only 5%. A perturbation analysis using this model demonstrates its sensitivity and applicability, as well as the congruence between this model and previous theoretical discussions of muscle function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ashley
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002415:Cats; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*