workloopR
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Spec sheet
- 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
Where Specifiction places it
- Statistical Analysis Software#104 of 1066.7