| | Stall force of the motor | 1–10 pN | Schnitzer et al., 2000; Valentine et al., 2006 |
| | Detachment force of the motor | 1–10 pN | Valentine et al., 2006 |
| | Maximal velocity of the motor | 0.01–0.5 μm/s | Tao et al., 2006 |
| | Backward velocity of the motor | 0.001–5 μm/s | Carter and Cross, 2005 |
| | Binding rate of motors | 0.01–10 s−1 | Krzysiak et al., 2008 |
| | Load-free detachment rate of motors | 0.01–10 s−1 | Krzysiak et al., 2008 |
| k, n | Number of bound motors per unit length AP MT | up to 800 μm−1 | Sharp et al., 1999a |
| κ | Spring constant of HL-KLP61F | 10–200 pNs/μm | Tawada and Sekimoto, 1991 |
| ζ(t) | Spring constant of nuclear lamin-B envelope | 100–200 pNs/μm | Dahl et al., 2004; Cytrynbaum et al., 2005 |
| μ | Effective spindle pole viscous drag coefficient | 200 pNs/μm | Marshall et al., 2001 |
| vMT | Instantaneous velocity of MT | variable | This study |
| vpole | Instantaneous velocity of spindle poles | variable | This study |
| νg | MT plus end growth rate | 0.1–0.4 μm/s | Cheerambathur et al., 2007 |
| νs | MT plus end shrinkage rate | 0.1–0.4 μm/s | Cheerambathur et al., 2007 |
| fres | MT plus end rescue frequency | 0.01–0.5 s−1 | Cheerambathur et al., 2007 |
| fcat | MT plus end catastrophe frequency | 0.01–0.5 s−1 | Cheerambathur et al., 2007 |