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Sports Medicine - Open, 2023 Background Long-term stretching of human skeletal muscles increases joint range of motion through altered stretch perception and decreased resistance to stretch. There is also some evidence that stretching induces changes in muscle morphology.
Ioli Panidi +8 more
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Extrapolation of muscle fascicle beyond image frame.
, 2022 The fascicle of interest (thick red line) goes through the midpoint M, and intersects with aponeuroses at locations outside of the image frame. The horizontal coordinate of the midpoint M is halfway the image width w.
Arthur D. Kuo (9981656) +1 more
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Investigating the Effect of Aging on the Viscosity of Tendon Fascicles and Fibers
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2019 In the current work, we investigate the effect of aging on the viscosity of tendon subunits. To that scope, we make use of experimental relaxation curves of healthy and aged tendon fascicles and fibers, upon which we identify the viscosity parameters ...
Nikolaos Karathanasopoulos +1 more
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Pattern of fibre type distribution within muscle fascicles of pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)
Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2007 In order to determine breed differences in the fascicle structure of skeletal muscles, longissimus dorsi muscles (LD) and semimembranous muscles (SM), Duroc (D), Large White (LW), German Landrace (GL) and Swedish Landrace (SL) boars were analyzed.
D. Škorjanc +3 more
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Nerve Ultrasound in Traumatic and Iatrogenic Peripheral Nerve Injury
Diagnostics, 2020 Peripheral nerve injury is a potentially debilitating disorder that occurs in an estimated 2–3% of all patients with major trauma, in a similar percentage of medical procedures.
Juerd Wijntjes +2 more
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Influence of preactivation on fascicle behavior during eccentric contraction [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Because muscle fascicle behavior affects to the force-generating capability, understanding of muscle fascicle length changes during dynamic movements is important. Preactivation may affect the muscle fascicle length changes, especially in the
Atsuki Fukutani +5 more
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Energy transfer in reactive movements as a function of individual stretch load
Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Background: By directly recording electromyographic activity profiles and muscle-tendon interaction, this study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms why well-trained track and field athletes (experts) are able to outperform untrained individuals without ...
Janice Waldvogel +3 more
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The force-length relation of the young adult human tibialis anterior [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Knowledge of the muscle’s lengths at which maximum active isometric force is attained is important for predicting forces during movement. However, there is limited information about the in vivo force-length properties of a human muscle that ...
Brent J. Raiteri +2 more
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Muscle forces and fascicle behavior during three hamstring exercises
, 2022 Knowledge about muscular forces and fascicle behavior during hamstring exercises can optimize exercise prescription, but information on these outcomes across different exercises is lacking.
Panayiotis Teratsias +15 more
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Effects of static stretching on active muscle stiffness with and without the stretch reflex
Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2020 The purpose of the present study was to examine acute changes in active muscle stiffness with and without the stretch reflex following static stretching.
Takayuki Suzuki +3 more
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