title: A data-acquisition system for the analysis of the isometric tension generated by an electrically stimulated skeletal muscle.
abstract: The system is designed for data-acquisition and computation of a relatively large number of parameters of a single twitch or tetanic contraction generated by an electrically stimulated skeletal muscle. The parameters that can be computed using the program facilities are: (i) the rise time (Tc), 50% relaxation time (50% Tr) and the maximum tension (Pt) of the twitch contraction; (ii) the approximate number of motor units innervating the muscle and the fatigue index; (iii) the fusion frequency of the tetanic contraction and the twitch to tetanus ratio; (iv) the maximum tetanic tension (P0) and its Tc and 50% Tr; (v) the P0 versus muscle length diagram; (vi) the fatigue-time course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Athanasiadis
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hatzopoulos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Theophilidis
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011898:Ranidae; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design