Skeletal muscle is the engine that powers what is arguably the most essential and defining
feature of human and animal life—locomotion. Muscles function to change length and …

The cross-bridge theory predicts that muscle force is determined by muscle length and the
velocity of active muscle length changes. However, before the formulation of the cross …

Residual force depression (rFD) following active muscle shortening is assumed to correlate
most strongly with muscle work, but this has not been tested during voluntary contractions in …

Whether eccentric exercise involves active fascicle stretch is unclear due to muscle-tendon
unit (MTU) series compliance. Therefore, this study investigated the impact of changing the …

Background Residual force enhancement (rFE), defined as increased isometric force
following active lengthening compared to a fixed-end isometric contraction at the same …

Stretch-shortening cycles (SSCs) outperform shortening contractions preceded by isometric
contractions in terms of enhanced force/torque, work, and power production during …

Background Brightness-mode (B-mode) ultrasound is a valuable tool to non-invasively
image skeletal muscle architectural changes during movement, but automatically tracking …

Most of the existing research has focused on jump plyometrics, where landing reaction
forces must be dissipated among lower limb articulations. In contrast, the investigation of …

This study investigated torque production resulting from the combined application of wide-
pulse neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES), delivered over the posterior tibial nerve …

Residual force enhancement (RFE), an increase in isometric force after active stretching of a
muscle compared with the purely isometric force at the corresponding length, has been …