An intrinsic mechanism for the oscillatory contraction of muscle

DOI10.1007/BF00336992MaRDI QIDQ1069459zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors B. George

Publication date 1986

Published in Biological Cybernetics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00336992

zbMATH Keywords

active length-tensionbifurcation pointsbifurcation treecomputer simulationdynamical systemsLyapunov exponentmuscular tremoroscillatory contraction of musclepassive length-tensionperiod doublingstability properties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx) Other natural sciences (mathematical treatment) (92F05)

Review text

A new model based on the theory of dynamical systems is proposed for the intrinsic random or pseudo-random mechanism underlying certain types of muscular tremor. The active length-tension curve of the individual sarcomere, in conjunction with the passive length-tension relation is a map from length to tension with an observed time delay between length change and resulting tension change. The passive length tension relation is assumed to instantaneously relate this tension change back to a change in length. The stability properties of this iterated interval map are investigated by means of computer simulation and computation of the Lyapunov exponent and the bifurcation tree. The resulting analysis is related to experimental tremor data in the literature in terms of period doubling, bifurcation points, and chaotic behavior. The model appears to have its most fruitful application in understanding the insect type and isometric mammalian types of tremor.

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