Information from dynamic length changes improves reliability of static ultrasound fascicle length measurements [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Purpose Various strategies for improving reliability of fascicle identification on ultrasound images are used in practice, yet these strategies are untested for effectiveness.
Jeroen Aeles +5 more
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Effects of copper nanoparticles on performance, muscle and bone characteristics and serum metabolites in broilers [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022 Three hundred and twenty day old Hubbard broilers were randomly allocated to four treatments (8 replicates, 10 birds/pen) and were raised under standard management conditions.
S. S. Abdullah +7 more
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Effect of fatigue loading on structure and functional behaviour of fascicles from energy-storing tendons [PDF]
, 2014 Tendons can broadly be categorized according to their function: those that act purely to position the limb and those that have an additional function as energy stores.
Birch, Helen L +4 more
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Physiological Reports, 2021 The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of plyometric training on the muscle–tendon mechanical properties and behavior of fascicles during jumping in order to elucidate the mechanisms of improved jump performance due to plyometric ...
Keitaro Kubo +2 more
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Linkages Between the Phenologies of Jack Pine \u3ci\u3e(Pinus Banksiana)\u3c/i\u3e Foliage and Jack Pine Budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) [PDF]
, 2018 A field study conducted in 2001 and 2002 in the Michigan Upper Peninsula investigated seasonal associations between the development of jack pine, Pinus banksiana Lamb., and larvae of the jack pine budworm Choristoneura pinus Freeman (Lepidoptera ...
Cadogan, Beresford L +4 more
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Cells, 2020 The maintenance of skeletal muscle mass plays a critical role in health and quality of life. One of the most potent regulators of skeletal muscle mass is mechanical loading, and numerous studies have led to a reasonably clear understanding of the ...
Kent W. Jorgenson +2 more
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Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2022 Background: Eccentric exercise increases muscle fascicle lengths; however, the mechanisms behind this adaptation are still unknown. This study aimed to determine whether biceps femoris long head (BFlh) fascicle length increases in response to 3 weeks of ...
Patricio A. Pincheira +4 more
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3D Neuro-electronic interface devices for neuromuscular control: Design studies and realisation steps [PDF]
, 1995 In order to design the shape and dimensions of new 3D multi-microelectrode information transducers properly, i. e. adapted to the scale of information delivery to and from peripheral nerve fibres, a number of studies were, and still are, being performed ...
Frieswijk, Theo A. +4 more
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Development of the early axon scaffold in the rostral brain of the small spotted cat shark (Scyliorhinus canicula) embryo [PDF]
, 2014 International audienceThe cat shark is increasingly used as a model for Chondrichthyes, an evolutionarily important sister group of the bony vertebrates that include teleosts and tetrapods.
Schubert, Frank +2 more
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Simulation of intrafascicular and extraneural nerve stimulation [PDF]
, 1988 A model of nerve stimulation for control of muscle contraction and ensuing isometrical muscle force has been developed and implemented in a simulation algorithm.
Alste, Jan A. van +2 more
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