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Muscle power at joint is product of net muscle moment and angular velocity. Work done by a muscle. Differential work. Work along a path. Special case: F and v are collinear. Reaction forces and velocities at a joint.
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Muscle power at joint is product of net muscle moment and angular velocity
Work done by a muscle Differential work Work along a path
Reaction forces and velocities at a joint. Mechanical power (rate of mechanical energy transfer) equals dot product of force and velocity.
Center of mass approach Energy for movement is reflected in the kinetic and potential energy associated with translation of the body cnetr of mass. Cavanaugh et al 1966 & many more. CoM is a vector sum of masses and accelerations, so ppositely directed accelerations cancel. B ut energy is a scalar. CoM approach neglects energy associated with causing limb movements in opposite directions. Therefore this approach grossly underestimates mechanical energy of body movement.
Sum of segment energies approach Fixes some of the shortcomings of the CoM approach. Still underestimates work done since it fails to capture positive and negative work done at multiple joints.
Joint power and work Improvement on the sum of segment energies approach. Identifies positive and negative work done at each joint. Still underestimates work associated with muscle co-contraction.
