1. The Biophysics of Contraction

2. An Apparatus for Measuring Tensile Forces in a Muscle Muscle tendon and clamp tendon and clamp L Force Transducer

3. An Ideal Elastic Material-- Compliance Plot

4. An Ideal Elastic Material-- Elastance Plot

5. More About Elastance (Stiffness) and Compliance

6. Non-Linear Effects

7. Hysteresis

8. The Effect of Stretching a Relaxed Muscle ("Passive Stretch")

9. The Effect of Stretch on a Contracting Muscle ("Active Stretch")

10. Calculation of Contractile Forces vs. Length

11. Contractile Force and Muscle Length

12. Explanation for Active Force vs. Length

13. Latent Period

14. Overloads on Muscles

15. A Mechanical Model of a Muscle

16. Viscous Loss