The influence of longitudinal muscle fascicle growth on mechanical function

A Hinks, MV Franchi, GA Power - Journal of applied …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Skeletal muscle has the remarkable ability to remodel and adapt, such as the increase in
serial sarcomere number (SSN) or fascicle length (FL) observed after overstretching a …

Under construction: The dynamic assembly, maintenance, and degradation of the cardiac sarcomere

TG Martin, JA Kirk - Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 2020 - Elsevier
The sarcomere is the basic contractile unit of striated muscle and is a highly ordered protein
complex with the actin and myosin filaments at its core. Assembling the sarcomere …

Combining ultrafast ultrasound and high-density EMG to assess local electromechanical muscle dynamics: a feasibility study

R Waasdorp, W Mugge, HJ Vos, JH De Groot… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Skeletal muscles generate force, enabling movement through a series of fast electro-
mechanical activations coordinated by the central nervous system. Understanding the …

The sarcomere force–length relationship in an intact muscle–tendon unit

EK Moo, TR Leonard, W Herzog - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
The periodic striation pattern in skeletal muscle reflects the length of the basic contractile
unit: the sarcomere. More than half a century ago, Gordon, Huxley and Julian provided …

3D Muscle Architecture of the Pectoral Muscles of European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

SP Sullivan, FR McGechie… - Integrative …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Avian flight is achieved through a number of modifications to the body, including the pectoral
girdle, yet little is known about the architecture of the pectoral musculature. Muscle …

Muscle length influence on rectus femoris damage and protective effect in knee extensor eccentric exercise

R Ema, K Nosaka, R Kawashima… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study tested the hypothesis that the magnitude of rectus femoris (RF) damage and the
repeated bout effect (RBE) would be greater after knee extensor eccentric exercise …

Current understanding of residual force enhancement: cross-bridge component and non-cross-bridge component

A Fukutani, W Herzog - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Muscle contraction is initiated by the interaction between actin and myosin filaments. The
sliding of actin filaments relative to myosin filaments is produced by cross-bridge cycling …

Modeling neuromuscular diseases in zebrafish

J Singh, SA Patten - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neuromuscular diseases are a diverse group of conditions that affect the motor system and
present some overlap** as well as distinct clinical manifestations. Although individually …

Preparation and characterization of polyvinyl alcohol/sodium alginate/carboxymethyl cellulose composite hydrogels with oriented structure

K Chen, T Zong, Q Chen, S Liu, L Xu, D Zhang - Soft Materials, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In order to control complex motion behavior in organisms, most biological tissues have
highly oriented structures and anisotropic mechanical properties, such as articular cartilage …

Cardiomyocyte sarcomere length variability: Membrane fluorescence versus second harmonic generation myosin imaging

O Lookin, P de Tombe, N Boulali, C Gergely… - Journal of General …, 2023 - rupress.org
Sarcomere length (SL) and its variation along the myofibril strongly regulate integrated
coordinated myocyte contraction. It is therefore important to obtain individual SL properties …