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Mechanical lemmas useful to explain the power or the moment of the muscles

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On the Movement of Animals
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Because of its looseness, the motive force of the muscle is weakened. This force is also changed for another reason which can either increase or decrease its moment. In order to proceed cautiously and scientifically in this matter, some lemmas must be presented.

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Borelli, G.A. (1989). Mechanical lemmas useful to explain the power or the moment of the muscles. In: On the Movement of Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73812-8_9

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