Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia.
School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020;1260:1-11. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-47483-6_1.
Muscle physiology constitutes a core curriculum for students and researchers within biomedical, health and exercise science disciplines. The variations between skeletal and smooth muscle, mechanisms underlying excitation-contraction coupling, as well as the relationships between muscle anatomy and physiology are commonly taught from illustrations, static models or textbooks. However, this does not necessarily provide students with the required comprehension surrounding the dynamic nature of muscle contractions or neuromuscular activities. This chapter will explore alternative methods of visualising skeletal and smooth muscle physiology in real-time. Various recording hardware, isolated tissues bath experiments, neurophysiological applications and computer-based software will be discussed to provide an overview of the evidence-based successes and case studies for using these techniques when assisting students with their understanding of the complex mechanisms underlying muscle contractions.
肌肉生理学是生物医学、健康和运动科学领域学生和研究人员的核心课程。骨骼和平滑肌之间的差异、兴奋-收缩耦联的潜在机制，以及肌肉解剖学和生理学之间的关系通常通过插图、静态模型或教科书来教授。然而，这并不一定能让学生理解肌肉收缩或神经肌肉活动的动态本质。本章将探讨实时可视化骨骼和平滑肌生理学的替代方法。将讨论各种记录硬件、分离组织浴实验、神经生理学应用和基于计算机的软件，以提供使用这些技术的基于证据的成功案例和案例研究的概述，以帮助学生理解肌肉收缩的复杂机制。
