EMG
- Pectoral fin kinematics and motor patterns are shaped by fin ray mechanosensation during steady swimming in Scarus quoyi
Summary: In the absence of pectoral fin ray sensation, increased overlap in activity between antagonistic muscles likely acts to stiffen the fin system in order to enhance control and stability.
- Development of a deep neural network for automated electromyographic pattern classification
Summary: The quality of surface electromyography recordings can be automatically classified with an accuracy of 99.55% by a deep neural network (AlexNet).
- The influence of added mass on muscle activation and contractile mechanics during submaximal and maximal countermovement jumping in humans
Summary: Human jumping with added mass favours ankle work output because of enhanced contractile conditions of the calf muscles, resulting from an increased inertial resistance and interaction with an elastic tendon.
- Evaluating the triplet hypothesis during rhythmic mastication in primates
Summary: The prevalence of the jaw elevator triplet motor pattern during mastication is established in five different primate species.
- Hindlimb muscle function in turtles: is novel skeletal design correlated with novel muscle function?
Summary: Novel muscle arrangements and leverage patterns associated with derived fusion of the pelvis to the shell in pleurodire turtles are associated with several novel muscle activity patterns in this lineage.
- Activation of respiratory muscles does not occur during cold-submergence in bullfrogs, Lithobates catesbeianus
Summary: Persistent neuromotor activity of respiratory muscles in bullfrogs during aquatic overwintering is unlikely to underlie normal respiratory motor function after months without lung breathing, despite having respiratory mechanics that operate underwater.
- Pre-landing wrist muscle activity in hopping toads
Summary: Toads modulate wrist muscle activation patterns depending on how far they hop, presumably to tune wrist stiffness to the impending force of impact.