Factors Affecting Muscle Force
1. MUSCLE FIBER TYPES
2. # OF UNITS STIMULATED
4. MUSCLE TEMPERATURE
5. ELASTICITY
6. LENGTH/TENSION
8. POWER
9. ANGLE OF PULL
SENSORY UNIT
GOLGI TENDON ORGANS “Relax, Don’t Fight It”
MUSCLE SPINDLES
FORCE DEFINED
Kinetics - forces
PROPERTIES OF A FORCE
MASS
WEIGHT
VOLUME
DENSITY
CENTER of GRAVITY
VECTOR COMPOSITION
VECTOR RESOLUTION
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