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Determinationofactio
Determination of muscle action
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Methods for determination of muscle action | Anatomical lines of pull Anatomical dissection Palpation Models EMG E-Stim |
| Palpation | using sense of touch to examine muscle when contracted Superficial muscles ONLY Understanding joing mechanics |
| EMG | detects AP from muscles and provides readout of contraction intensity and duration Most accurate way of detecting presence and extent of muscle activity |
| E-Stim | Reverse of EMG Use electricity to CAUSE muscle activity Joint actions may then be observed to see the effect of the muscle's contraction |
| Contraction of muscle occurs at | Muscle fiber level within a particular motor unit |
| Motor unit | Single lower motor neuron Muscle fibers it innervates Functions as a single unit |
| Typical Muscle Contraction | # of motor units responding & # of muscle fibers contracting w/in muscle may vary sig from few to all depends on # of muscle fibers w/in each activated motor unit and # of motor units activated. |
| All of None Principle | Individual Fibers within a given motor unit will either fire and contract maximally or not at all |
| Difference between lifting minimal vs. maximal resistance is in... | the # of muscle fibers recruited. |
| # of muscle fibers recruited may be increased by | activating motor units containing greater # of muscle fibers Activating more motor units increasing frequency of motor unit activation |
| # of muscle fibers per motor unit varies sig | From >10, requiring preciseness such as eye to a few thousand in large muscle that perform less complex activities (QUADS) |
| Factors affecting muscle tension development | Motor unit must first receive a stimulus via electrical signal know as an AP for the muscle fibers to contract. |
| Subthreshold Stimulus | Not strong enough to cause AP NO contraction |
| Threshold Stim | Stimulus strong enough to produce an action potential in a single motor unit axon All muscle fibers in that unit contract |
| Submaximal Stim | Stim strong enough to produce AP in more than 1 motor unit |
| Maximal Stim | Stim strong enough to produce AP in all motor units of a particular muscle |
| As Stimulus strength increases from threshold up... | more motor units are activated overall muscle contraction ^ in a graded fashion |
| Phases of a single muscle fiber contraction | 1. Stimulus 2. Latent Period 3. Contraction Phase 4. Relaxation Phase |
| Latent period | 3 ms |
| Contraction phase | Muscle fiber begins shortening 40 ms |
| Relaxation phase | 50 ms |
| Summation | Successive stimuli are provided before relaxation phase of 1st contraction is completed. Subsequent twitches combine with first to produce a sustained contraction Produces greater amnt of T As f of stim ^ summation ^ producing an increasingly greater |
| Tetanus | Stimuli are provided at frequency high enough that no relaxation can occur between contractions |
| Treppe | Multiple Max stimuli at low frequency allow complete relaxation between contractions. Slightly greater T is produced by 2nd stim, etc Staircase effect Resultant Contractions after initial ones result in = T being produced. |
| Muscle Length-Tension relationship | Max ability of muscle to develop T and exert force varies depending on length of muscle during contraction Proportional decrease in ability to develop T occurs as muscle is shortened Stretched 100%-130%, greatest T Shortened 50%-60% T=0 |
| Muscle Force-Velocity Relationship | When muscle is contracting (conc. or ecc.) the rate of length of change is sig related to the amount of F potential As velocity of action ^, total T produced by muscle decreases When load is min, V of muscle contraction is max....... |
| Muscle Force Velocity cont'd | As Load or Force increases, the velocity of the muscle contraction slows to zero, then the muscle begins to lengthen after that. As the force needed to control mvmnt ^, V of eccentric lengthening ^ until control is lost |
| Concentric Velocity and Force Production Relationship is | Inverse Relationship |
| Eccentric Velocity and Force Production Relationship is | Proportional Relationship |
| Angle of Pull | Angle between the line of pull of the muscle and the bone on which it inserts (Angle toward joint) With every degree of joint motion, the angle of pull changes Joint movements & insertion angles involve mostly small angles of pull |
| Angle of Pull 2 | Angle of pull decreases as bone moves away from it's anatomical position ROM depends on type of joint and bony structure Most muscles work at angles of pull less that 50 degrees Amount of muscle F needed to cause joint mvmnt is affected by angle of pul |
| Rotary Component | Vertical component Component of muscular F that acts perpendicular to long axis of bone When line of muscular F is at 90 degrees to bone on which it attaches, all of the muscular force is rotary force All F is being used to rotate the lever about axi |
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