Comparison of different models of the heart muscle.

Abstract The so-called Maxwell and Voigt models of muscles are shown to be equivalent, so that one is convertible into the other, if the series elasticity is not assumed to be absolutely independent of the muscle length. Different types of muscle-elasticity-modulus-versus-tension data are interpreted as yielding information about the dependence of the series elasticity on muscle length.

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