Can all muscular load sharing patterns be regarded as optimal in some sense?

dc.creatorSiemienski, Adam
dc.date2006-11-16
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dc.descriptionMuscles crossing a joint usually outnumber its degrees of freedom, which renders the motor system underdetermined. Typically, optimization laws are postulated to cope with this redundancy. A natural question then arises whether all muscular load sharing patterns can be regarded as results of optimization. To answer it, we propose a method of constructing an objective function whose minimization yields a given load sharing pattern. We give necessary conditions for this construction to be feasible and investigate its uniqueness. For linear load sharing patterns the Crowninshield and Brand objective function is reproduced, nonlinear ones require a more general formula.
dc.description6 pages, 4 figures, minor changes to text, more description added to graphs
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0611048
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0611048
dc.identifierActa of Bioengineering and Biomechanics, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2006, 43-49
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/119653
dc.subjectTissues and Organs
dc.titleCan all muscular load sharing patterns be regarded as optimal in some sense?
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