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J Appl Physiol 62: 739-745, 1987;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 62, Issue 2 739-745, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Length-tension relationship of abdominal expiratory muscles: effect of emphysema

J. S. Arnold, A. J. Thomas and S. G. Kelsen

The present study examined the active and passive length-tension relationship of the abdominal expiratory muscles in vitro during electrically stimulated contractions. Studies were performed on isolated strips of transverse abdominis and external oblique muscle from nine adult hamsters with normal lung function. The effect of chronic hyperinflation on the two muscles was assessed in eight hamsters with elastase-induced emphysema. In normal animals the maximal active tension per cross-sectional area (Po) was equal in the two muscles. The absolute muscle fiber length at which Po occurred (Lo) was less for the external oblique than the transverse abdominis and the length-tension curve operated at shorter fiber lengths. However, the change in tension produced by an increase or decrease in muscle length expressed in relative terms (i.e., as %Lo) was greater for the transverse abdominis than the external oblique. Mean total lung capacity of emphysematous animals was 198% of control. Po of the transverse abdominis and external oblique were the same in emphysematous and control animals. However, Lo and the length-tension curve of the transverse abdominis occurred at shorter fiber lengths in emphysematous animals because of a reduction in the number of sarcomeres in series along the fiber. The length-tension curve and the number of sarcomeres in the external oblique was the same in emphysematous and control animals. These results in normal animals indicate that the magnitude of the change in active and passive tension produced by a change in muscle length differs in the transverse abdominis and external oblique. Moreover, chronic hyperinflation of the thorax produced by elastase injection alters the length-tension relationships of some but not all the expiratory muscles.


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