[Study of the mechanical activity of the skeletal muscles of dogs in vivo].

Mechanical activity of gastrocnemius and plantaris muscles of dogs at different locomotion patterns was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively by the method of dynamomyography. Quantitative correlations between the strength parameters and electric activity of the muscles were studied. In walking and running the above muscles showed different types of contractions. This may be related to their morphological, anatomical and topographic features. The data obtained can be used to evaluate the state of skeletal muscles in different experimental models of a diminished motor activity.