From fibre to function: are we accurately representing muscle architecture and performance?

J Charles, R Kissane, T Hoehfurtner… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The size and arrangement of fibres play a determinate role in the kinetic and energetic
performance of muscles. Extrapolations between fibre architecture and performance …

Applications of Diffusion‐Weighted MRI to the Musculoskeletal System

JG Raya, A Duarte, N Wang, V Mazzoli… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion‐weighted imaging (DWI) is an established MRI technique that can investigate
tissue microstructure at the scale of a few micrometers. Musculoskeletal tissues typically …

Greater hamstrings muscle hypertrophy but similar damage protection after training at long versus short muscle lengths

S Maeo, M Huang, Y Wu, H Sakurai… - … and science in …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biarticular hamstrings are lengthened more in a seated (hip-flexed) than prone (hip-
extended) position. Purpose We investigated the effects of seated versus prone leg curl …

Quantity versus quality: age-related differences in muscle volume, intramuscular fat, and mechanical properties in the triceps surae

S Pinel, NY Kelp, JM Bugeja, B Bolsterlee, F Hug… - Experimental …, 2021 - Elsevier
With aging comes reductions in the quality and size of skeletal muscle. These changes
influence the force-generating capacity of skeletal muscle and contribute to movement …

Compositional and functional MRI of skeletal muscle: A review

MT Hooijmans, L Schlaffke, B Bolsterlee… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Due to its exceptional sensitivity to soft tissues, MRI has been extensively utilized to assess
anatomical muscle parameters such as muscle volume and cross‐sectional area …

Effect of two eccentric hamstring exercises on muscle architectural characteristics assessed with diffusion tensor MRI

JJM Suskens, L Secondulfo, Ö Kiliç… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To evaluate the effect of a Nordic hamstring exercise or Diver hamstring exercise
intervention on biceps femoris long head, semitendinosus and semimembranosus muscle's …

In vivo human lower limb muscle architecture dataset obtained using diffusion tensor imaging

JP Charles, F Suntaxi, WJ Anderst - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
'Gold standard'reference sets of human muscle architecture are based on elderly cadaveric
specimens, which are unlikely to be representative of a large proportion of the human …

The energy of muscle contraction. I. Tissue force and deformation during fixed-end contractions

JM Wakeling, SA Ross, DS Ryan, B Bolsterlee… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
During contraction the energy of muscle tissue increases due to energy from the hydrolysis
of ATP. This energy is distributed across the tissue as strain-energy potentials in the …

Three‐dimensional architecture of human medial gastrocnemius fascicles in vivo: regional variation and its dependence on muscle size

K Takahashi, H Shiotani, PE Evangelidis… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fascicle architecture (length and pennation angle) can vary regionally within a muscle. The
architectural variability in human muscles has been evaluated in vivo, but the interindividual …

Subject‐specific muscle properties from diffusion tensor imaging significantly improve the accuracy of musculoskeletal models

JP Charles, B Grant, K D'Août, KT Bates - Journal of Anatomy, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Musculoskeletal modelling is an important platform on which to study the biomechanics of
morphological structures in vertebrates and is widely used in clinical, zoological and …