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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1953;35:741-745.
© 1953 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

A STUDY OF THE ACTION AT VARYING LENGTHS OF TWO MUSCLES OF OPPOSING FUNCTION, TIBIALIS ANTERIOR AND GASTROCNEMIUS, IN THE RAT

Albert Barnett Ferguson Jr. M.D.1

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, and the Orthopaedic Service and Laboratory for Surgical Research, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

The length-tension diagram for the tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius muscles of the rat reveals differences in the range of maximum developed tension in relation to the resting tension of the muscle at the time of stimulation. It is felt that the standard configuration noted by Blix in the gastrocnemius of the frog cannot be applied to all length-tension diagrams and that the point of maximum developed tension of a muscle will vary with structure and function.


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