muscle activation
- The slack test does not assess maximal shortening velocity of muscle fascicles in humans
Summary: The slack test does not assess the true maximal shortening velocity of muscle fascicles in humans and does not appear appropriate for in vivo measurements.
- Effects of activation on the elastic properties of intact soleus muscles with a deletion in titin
Summary: Rapid unloading of intact wild-type and Ttn mutant soleus muscles indicates that titin, an elastic element within muscle sarcomeres, is activated upon Ca2+ influx in skeletal muscle.
- Musculoskeletal modelling of the dragonfly mandible system as an aid to understanding the role of single muscles in an evolutionary context
Summary: A musculoskeletal model of the mandible–muscle complex for dragonflies is developed in order to understand the mechanical and evolutionary significance of single muscles within this system.
- Locomotion as an emergent property of muscle contractile dynamics
Summary: The in vivo dynamics of muscle contractile function reflect the interplay of muscle–tendon architecture and neural activation timing relative to the forces and work that muscles produce to power locomotor movement.