On the Muscular Mechanical Work Done Before Exhaustion

Abstract

MUSCULAR exertion may be either dynamical or statical. Dynamical work is generally intermittent, while statical work is generally continuous in its action. The dynamical work done by any muscle before exhaustion is easily measured in kilogrammetres. Assuming the force exerted by any muscle to be w, and if n be the number of times the force is exerted through the distance h, until exhaustion sets in, then the total work, W, done before exhaustion, is