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- Load carrying with flexible bamboo poles: optimization of a coupled oscillator system
Highlighted Article: An optimization model predicts body–load interactions that compare to experienced rural Vietnamese farmworkers carrying substantial loads suspended on flexible bamboo poles. A work-minimizing strategy indicates energy-saving gait adaptations.
- Lower extremity joints and muscle groups in the human locomotor system alter mechanical functions to meet task demand
Summary: Joints and muscle groups in the human locomotor system alter their mechanical function to meet demands of the locomotor task being performed.
- Navigation and the developing brain
Summary: Spatial development in humans takes a decade or more to unfold, and involves tuning initial systems in response to changing motor capacities and environmental feedback.
- Myosin isoforms and the mechanochemical cross-bridge cycle
Summary: Mammals express more than 11 different muscle myosin isoforms. Studies of different isoforms and the effect of mutations in these isoforms illustrate how myosin is adapted for specific functions.