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. 2014 Dec 23;5:498. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00498

Table 2.

Model parameters.

Symbol Description Value (slow/fast) References
c10 1st Mooney-Rivlin parameter (fitted) 6.352e−10 kPa [A]
c01 2nd Mooney-Rivlin parameter (fitted) 3.627 kPa [A]
b1 1st anisotropy parameter (fitted) 2.756e−5 kPa [B]
d1 2nd anisotropy parameter (fitted) 43.373 [–] [B]
Pmax max. isometric stress 73.0 kPa [B]
fs stimulation frequency single twitch, 50 Hz, 100 Hz [C]
x0 average distortion induced through the power stroke 0.05 μm [C]
f XB-detachment rate (from A1) 5/15 ms−1 [C]
h0 power stroke forward rate 0.08/0.24 ms−1 [C]
h power stroke backward rate 0.06/0.18 ms−1 [C]
f XB-attachment rate of an isometric contraction 0.5/1.5 ms−1 [C]
g XB-detachment rate if no neighbor is in the A2 state 0.04/0.12 ms−1 [C]
Ttot number of possible XB connections at ℓS 140 μM [C]
ν influence of cooperative effects (fitted) 3.0/3.4 [–] [D]
ϑ level of distortion dependence (fitted) 1700/1000 [–] [D]
0S resting sarcomere length 2.0 μm [E]
optS optimal sarcomere length 2.4 μm [F]
Cm membrane capacitance 0.58/1.0 μF/cm2 [C]
Am surface-area-to-volume ratio 500 cm−1 [G]
σ conductivity 3.828 mS/cm [G]

References, [A] – Zheng et al. (1999); [B] – Hawkins and Bey (1994); [C] – Shorten et al. (2007); [D] – Ranatunga (1984); [E] – Edman (1979); [F] – Burkholder and Lieber (2001); [G] – Röhrle et al. (2012). The table also indicates which parameters were obtained through fitting.