Submitting Author: Vikram B. Baliga (@vbaliga)
Repository: https://github.com/vbaliga/workloopR
Version submitted: 1.0.0
Editor: @lmullen
Reviewer 1: @jromanowska
Reviewer 2: @eebrown
Archive: TBD
Version accepted: TBD
Package: workloopR
Type: Package
Title: Analysis of Work Loops and Other Data from Muscle Physiology Experiments
Version: 1.0.0
Authors@R: c(
person("Vikram B.", "Baliga",
email = "vbaliga87@gmail.com",
role = c("cre", "aut"),
comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-9367-8974")),
person("Shreeram", "Senthivasan",
email = "shreeramsenthi@gmail.com",
role = "aut",
comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-7118-9547")))
Author: Vikram B. Baliga [cre, aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9367-8974>),
Shreeram Senthivasan [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7118-9547>)
Maintainer: Vikram B. Baliga <vbaliga87@gmail.com>
Description: Functions for the import, transformation, and analysis of data from muscle physiology experiments. The work loop technique is used to evaluate the mechanical work and power output of muscle. Josephson (1985) <https://jeb.biologists.org/content/114/1/493> modernized the technique for application in comparative biomechanics. Although our initial motivation was to provide functions to analyze work loop experiment data, as we developed the package we incorporated the ability to analyze data from experiments that are often complementary to work loops. There are currently three supported experiment types: work loops, simple twitches, and tetanus trials. Data can be imported directly from .ddf files or via an object constructor function. Through either method, data can then be cleaned or transformed via methods typically used in studies of muscle physiology. Data can then be analyzed to determine the timing and magnitude of force development and relaxation (for isometric trials) or the magnitude of work, net power, and instantaneous power among other things (for work loops). Although we do not provide plotting functions, all resultant objects are designed to be friendly to visualization via either base-R plotting or 'tidyverse' functions.
URL: https://github.com/vbaliga/workloopR
BugReports:https://github.com/vbaliga/workloopR/issues
Imports:
pracma (>= 2.0.7),
signal (>= 0.7-6)
Suggests:
testthat (>= 2.1.1),
knitr,
rmarkdown
License: GPL (>= 3) + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
LazyData: true
RoxygenNote: 6.1.1.9000
VignetteBuilder: knitr
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Explain how and why the package falls under these categories (briefly, 1-2 sentences):
This package offers the ability to import data from specialized file formats (including .ddf) that contain data from muscle physiology experiments. Data can then be transformed, re-organized, and analyzed according to methods typically used in studies of muscle physiology.
Who is the target audience and what are scientific applications of this package?
Muscle physiologists or any other researchers interested in characterizing the properties of muscular tissue.
Are there other R packages that accomplish the same thing? If so, how does yours differ or meet our criteria for best-in-category?
We know of no other packages in R that handle work loop and related data sets.
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