Frontiers in Physiology, 2017 Skeletal muscle contracts either by shortening or lengthening (concentrically or eccentrically, respectively); however, the two contractions substantially differ from one another in terms of mechanisms of force generation, maximum force production and ...
Martino V. Franchi +3 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 Defining variations in skeletal muscle passive mechanical properties at different size scales ranging from single muscle fibers to whole muscles is required in order to understand passive muscle function.
Samuel R. Ward +8 more
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Simple Muscle Architecture Analysis (SMA): an ImageJ macro tool to automate measurements in B-mode ultrasound scans [PDF]
, 2019 In vivo measurements of muscle architecture (i.e. the spatial arrangement of muscle fascicles) are routinely included in research and clinical settings to monitor muscle structure, function and plasticity.
Cronin, Neil J., Seynnes, Olivier R.
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Ontogenetic scaling patterns and functional anatomy of the pelvic limb musculature in emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) [PDF]
, 2014 Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) are exclusively terrestrial, bipedal and cursorial ratites with some similar biomechanical characteristics to humans. Their growth rates are impressive, as their body mass increases eighty-fold from hatching to adulthood ...
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Vastus Lateralis Architecture Changes During Pregnancy – A Longitudinal Study
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 While the incidence of falls has been described to increase with pregnancy, the mechanism behind this is unclear. Pregnancy associated changes in lower extremity muscle strength could be a possible factor influencing injury risk.
Marie Elena Bey +8 more
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Bouncing Back! Counteracting Muscle Aging With Plyometric Muscle Loading
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 The preservation of muscle power is crucial in aging for maintaining mobility and performing daily tasks. Resistance training involving high movement velocities represents a valid strategy to slow down the rate of sarcopenia, counteracting the loss of ...
Martino V. Franchi +7 more
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Rare Variant of Vastus Medialis Detected in vivo by Ultrasound and Confirmed by High-resolution MRI. [PDF]
, 2014 [Purpose] This report describes an unusual incidental finding during ultrasound investigation of the vastus medialis muscle. Volunteers underwent ultrasound scanning as part of an on-going investigation into the architecture of the vastus medialis muscle.
Adds, PJ +3 more
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Diversity in the organization of elastin bundles and intramembranous muscles in bat wings [PDF]
, 2017 Unlike birds and insects, bats fly with wings composed of thin skin that envelops the bones of the forelimb and spans the area between the limbs, digits, and sometimes the tail.
Fenton MB +8 more
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The cerebellum could solve the motor error problem through error increase prediction [PDF]
, 2015 We present a cerebellar architecture with two main characteristics. The first one is that complex spikes respond to increases in sensory errors. The second one is that cerebellar modules associate particular contexts where errors have increased in the ...
O'Reilly, Randall C. +1 more
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Atrophy, oxidative switching and ultrastructural defects in skeletal muscle of the ataxia telangiectasia mouse model [PDF]
, 2019 Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare, multi system disease caused by ATM kinase deficiency. Atm-knockout mice recapitulate premature aging, immunodeficiency, cancer predisposition, growth retardation and motor defects, but not cerebellar neurodegeneration and
Aguanno, Salvatore +8 more
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