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  • Title: Power outputs of slow and fast skeletal muscles of mice.
    Author: Brooks SV, Faulkner JA, McCubbrey DA.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol (1985); 1990 Mar; 68(3):1282-5. PubMed ID: 2341351.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to contrast the frequency-power relationship of slow soleus and fast extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscles to their frequency-force relationships and to investigate factors involved in the development of maximum power during a single contraction. Stimulation frequency-force and stimulation frequency-power relationships were determined for soleus and EDL muscles of the mouse for single contractions in situ at 35 degrees C. Power was measured during isovelocity shortening contractions with displacement through 10% of fiber length at the optimum velocity. Optimum velocity was defined as the shortening velocity for the generation of maximum power for a given stimulation frequency. Both force (N/cm2) and power (watts/kg) increased with stimulation frequency until a plateau was reached. For the frequency-force relationship, the curve for soleus muscles was merely shifted to the left of that for EDL muscles. In contrast, the power developed by EDL muscles was greater than that of soleus muscles (P less than 0.05) at each stimulation frequency. The higher power was a direct consequence of higher optimum velocities for EDL muscles compared with soleus muscles.
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