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workloopR

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Purpose
workloopR provides R functions to import, transform, and analyze muscle physiology experiments.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Intended users
The package is for researchers studying muscle physiology who use work loop, twitch, or tetanus experiments.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Deployment
desktopRead 23 Sep 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Free plan
YesRead 23 Sep 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Support
The maintainers welcome feedback and feature requests, especially requests for importing non-ddf file types.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
License
workloopR is licensed under GPL (>= 3).Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Batch processing
Batch functions can import, select cycles, correct gear ratios, and compute work and power for work loop files in a directory.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Data correction
Users can correct the motor arm gear ratio and the direction of muscle length change before analysis.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Data import
The package imports .ddf files, including files generated by Aurora Scientific’s Dynamic Muscle Control and Analysis Software.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Experiment types
It supports work loop, simple twitch, and tetanus experiments.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Import
The package easily imports .ddf files, including files generated by Aurora Scientific’s Dynamic Muscle Control and Analysis Software.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Install options
The package can be installed from CRAN or from GitHub using devtools::install_github("ropensci/workloopR").Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Installation
The documentation gives installation instructions for CRAN and GitHub.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Isometric analysis
isometric_timing summarizes the timing and magnitude of force production during tetanus or twitch trials.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Maintainer
Vikram B. Baliga is listed as author and maintainer, and Shreeram Senthivasan is listed as an author.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Other file formats
Other data formats must be constructed by the user into muscle_stim objects.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Other formats
Other file formats must be constructed by the user into muscle_stim objects.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Plotting
The package does not provide plotting functions; its output objects are designed to work with base-R plotting or tidyverse functions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Scripting support
YesRead 23 Sep 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Supported experiments
The package supports work loop, simple twitch, and tetanus experiments.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Transformations
Users can correct motor arm gear ratio or muscle length-change direction and label work loop cycles using different cycle definitions.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org
Work loop analysis
analyze_workloop computes per-cycle instantaneous velocity, net work, instantaneous power, and net power.Read 12 Oct 2026 · docs.ropensci.org

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