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Partial financial support for this work has been given by grant DPI2015-69801-R from the Direccion General de Proyectos de Investigacion of the Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad of Spain. FJM also acknowledges the support of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of University of Florida during the sabbatical period in which this paper was completed and Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte of Spain for the financial support for that stay under grant PRX15/00065.

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A continuum model for tension-compression asymmetry in skeletal muscle

Publicated to:Journal Of The Mechanical Behavior Of Biomedical Materials. 77 455-460 - 2018-01-01 77(), DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.09.012

Authors: Latorre, Marcos; Mohammadkhah, Melika; Simms, Ciaran K; Montans, Francisco J

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Ingeniería Sísmica: Dinámica de Suelos y Estructuras. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Trinity Coll Dublin, Coll Green Dublin, Dept Mech & Mfg Engn, Trinity Ctr Bioengn, Parsons Bldg, Dublin, Ireland - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Escuela Tecn Super Ingn Aeronaut & Espacio, Plaza Cardenal Cisneros 3, E-28040 Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Experiments on passive skeletal muscle on different species show a strong asymmetry in the observed tension compression mechanical behavior. This asymmetry shows that the tension modulus is two orders of magnitude higher than the compression modulus. Until now, traditional analytical constitutive models have been unable to capture that strong asymmetry in anisotropic solids using the same material parameters. In this work we present a model which is able to accurately capture five experimental tests in chicken pectoralis muscle, including the observed tension-compression asymmetry. However, aspects of the anisotropy of the tissue are not captured by the model.

Keywords

chicken pectoralis musclehyperelasticitypoisson's ratioAlgorithmsAnimalsAnisotropyBiomechanical phenomenaChicken pectoralis muscleChickensCollagenCompressive strengthComputer simulationDeformationElasticityHyperelasticityModels, biologicalModels, statisticalMuscle, skeletalPassive musclePoisson distributionPoisson's ratioPressureStress, mechanicalTendonTensile strengthTension/compression asymmetry

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of The Mechanical Behavior Of Biomedical Materials due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2018, it was in position 18/80, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Biomedical.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.9, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-22, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 22
  • Scopus: 23

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-22:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 35.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 35 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United Kingdom.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (LATORRE FERRUS, MARCOS) and Last Author (MONTANS LEAL, FRANCISCO JAVIER).