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We discuss three problems related to the contraction of striated muscle. These problems involve the matching of the force to the load, the longitudinal stability of a muscle fibre, and the harnessing of the force developed by the contractile elements.
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Gannon, B.J., Jones, M.E. (1987). The Harnessing and Stability of Striated Muscle. In: Teramoto, E., Yumaguti, M. (eds) Mathematical Topics in Population Biology, Morphogenesis and Neurosciences. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 71. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93360-8_33
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