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Huxley’s cross-bridge dynamics of muscle contraction is widely used in understanding, in particular, laboratory experiments on muscles and subunits of muscle. The hard-connection version of the model has several defects. In this paper I present a detailed and precise method of solution of the problem with a compliant element in series with the muscle.
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Williams, W.O. Huxley’s Model of Muscle Contraction with Compliance. J Elast 105, 365–380 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10659-011-9304-y
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