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. 2009 Aug 29;37(11):2234–2255. doi: 10.1007/s10439-009-9774-2

Table B1.

Parameter values of the sarcomere mechanics model

Symbol Unit Value Parameter description
Crest 0.02 Diastolic resting level of activation
Lsc0 μm 1.51 Contractile element length with zero active stress
Ls,ref μm 2.0 Reference sarcomere length at zero strain
Lse,iso μm 0.04 Length of isometrically stressed series elastic element
vmax μm s−1 7 Sarcomere shortening velocity with zero load
τD ms 32 Factor scaling contraction decay time
τR ms 48 Factor scaling contraction rise time
τsc ms 425 Factor scaling duration of contraction
σact kPa 120 Factor scaling active myofiber stress
σpas kPa 7 Factor scaling passive myofiber stress