Passive elongation of muscle fascicles in human muscles with short and long tendons
Physiological Reports, 2017 This study tested the hypothesis that the ratio of changes in muscle fascicle and tendon length that occurs with joint movement scales linearly with the ratio of the slack lengths of the muscle fascicles and tendons.
Jeanette M. Thom +3 more
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Knee Moment-Angle Characteristics and Semitendinosus Muscle Morphology in Children with Spastic Paresis Selected for Medial Hamstring Lengthening. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 To increase knee range of motion and improve gait in children with spastic paresis (SP), the semitendinosus muscle (ST) amongst other hamstring muscles is frequently lengthened by surgery, but with variable success.
Helga Haberfehlner +11 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Purpose: To determine whether differences exist in the architectural characteristics of the hamstring muscles of elite-level male and female rugby union players.Methods: Forty elite-level rugby union players (male n = 20, female n = 20) participated in ...
Kevin Cronin +8 more
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Muscle in Variable Gravity: “I Do Not Know Where I Am, But I Know What to Do”
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 Purpose: Fascicle and sarcomere lengths are important predictors of muscle mechanical performance. However, their regulation during stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) activities in usual and challenging conditions is poorly understood.
Elena Monti +12 more
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Combined DTI Tractography and Functional MRI Study of the Language Connectome in Healthy Volunteers: Extensive Mapping of White Matter Fascicles and Cortical Activations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Despite a better understanding of brain language organization into large-scale cortical networks, the underlying white matter (WM) connectivity is still not mastered.
François Vassal +5 more
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The avian tectobulbar tract: development, explant culture, and effects of antibodies on the pattern of neurite outgrowth [PDF]
, 1990 The tectobulbar tract is the first long-distance projecting fiber pathway to appear during the development of the avian optic tectum (dorsal half of the mesencephalon).
Kröger, Stephan, Schwarz, U.
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Because it is difficult to measure tendon length changes directly in humans, tendon length changes during dynamic movement have been evaluated indirectly from changes in muscle fascicle length and joint angle. The purpose of this study was to examine the
Atsuki Fukutani, Jun Misaki, Tadao Isaka
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Influences of Fascicle Length During Isometric Training on Improvement of Muscle Strength [PDF]
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2016 Abstract Tanaka, H, Ikezoe, T, Umehara, J, Nakamura, M, Umegaki, H, Kobayashi, T, Nishishita, S, Fujita, K, Araki, K, and Ichihashi, N. Influences of fascicle length during isometric training on improvement of muscle strength. J Strength Cond Res 30(11): 3249–3255, 2016—This study investigated whether low-intensity isometric training would ...
Tanaka, Hiroki +9 more
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Pre-activation affects the effect of stretch-shortening cycle by modulating fascicle behavior
Biology Open, 2019 The torque attained during active shortening is enhanced after an active stretch (stretch-shortening cycle, SSC). This study examined the influence of pre-activation on fascicle behavior and the SSC effect.
Atsuki Fukutani +2 more
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Muscle Fibre Architecture of Thoracic and Lumbar Longissimus Dorsi Muscle in the Horse
Animals, 2021 As the longissimus dorsi muscle is the largest muscle in the equine back, it has great influence on the stability of the spine and facilitates proper locomotion.
Johanna Dietrich +7 more
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