Muscle fascicle
Motor unit recruitment patterns 2: the influence of myoelectric intensity and muscle fascicle strain rate
... and muscle fascicle strain rate may therefore not be ...a muscle is initially activated, using the size principle, modulation of force production occurs on the basis of the mechanical properties of ...
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Muscle fascicle strains in human gastrocnemius during backward downhill walking
... 107 However, length changes in the muscle fascicles and tendon of the triceps surae have never been 108 examined in humans during backward downhill walking in vivo, nor has it been deter[r] ...
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Interactions between the human gastrocnemius muscle and the Achilles tendon during incline, level and decline locomotion
... the muscle fascicles act at a longer length during force development as incline ...the muscle moves along the descending limb of the force–length curve here and requires more activation to produce the ...
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Muscle and tendon morphology alterations in children and adolescents with mild forms of spastic cerebral palsy
... a muscle is, among other things, dependent on its morphological and architec- tural properties [4], as well as the morphology and the be- havior of the corresponding tendon [5, ...examine muscle and tendon ...
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TTN genotype is associated with fascicle length and marathon running performance.
... skeletal muscle, possibly affecting the serial arrangement of sarcomeres and, therefore, the length of muscle fascicles (Greaser & Pleitner 2014; Greaser et ...VL fascicle length in the RA group ...
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Passive mechanical properties of human gastrocnemius muscle–tendon units, muscle fascicles and tendons in vivo
... the muscle (Yucesoy et ...in muscle fascicle length and the length of the muscle–tendon unit at different knee angles ...between muscle fascicle length and the length of the ...
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On the ascent: the soleus operating length is conserved to the ascending limb of the force–length curve across gait mechanics in humans
... that muscle operating lengths are modulated to accommodate an increase in force requirement between walking and ...in muscle lengths occurs in tasks requiring maximal forces, such as those during sprinting ...
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Elastic ankle muscle–tendon interactions are adjusted to produce acceleration during walking in humans
... Six male participants (mean±s.d. age 26±2 years, mass 77±5 kg, height 1.79±0.05 m) gave written, informed consent to participate in the present study, which was approved by an institutional ethical review committee at ...
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Energetics of bipedal running II Limb design and running mechanics
... Muscle fascicle length (l), pinnation angle (θ), moment arm (r) and mass (m) of each of the extensors were measured at the ankle, knee and hip for the turkey and dog, as well as the wrist, elbow and ...
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Dynamics of goat distal hind limb muscle–tendon function in response to locomotor grade
... both muscle force and fascicle strain have been directly recorded (guinea fowl, turkeys and humans, and specialized hopping ...of muscle fascicle strain and force production (Daley and ...
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Structural characteristics and predicted functional capacities of epaxial muscles in chondrodystrophic and non-chondrodystrophic dogs with and without suspected intervertebral disc herniation- a preliminary study
... The muscle belly length was measured from origin to insertion with a flexible plastic tape measure, accurate to 1 ...a muscle had multiple insertions, the length was measured to the insertion point furthest ...
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Comparative architectural properties of limb muscles in Crocodylidae and Alligatoridae and their relevance to divergent use of asymmetrical gaits in extant Crocodylia
... on muscle fascicle lengths, that rapid limb motion generated by mus- cular length changes is important to crocodylian asymmetri- cal ...limb muscle mass and hence inertia low would be advantageous ...
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Modulation of muscle–tendon interaction in the human triceps surae during an energy dissipation task
... of muscle and elastic elements when energy is dissipated in the human lower leg during locomotor ...gastrocnemius muscle shortened at first when ground reaction force (GRF) increased and lengthened ...
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Forelimb kinematics during hopping and landing in toads
... with muscle fascicle strain data from toads (Azizi and Abbott, 2013), forelimbs will be more extended at impact in longer hops, and (2) increased elbow extension excursions before impact will parallel ...
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Transverse anisotropy in the deformation of the muscle during dynamic contractions
... pennate muscle fibres shorten, the transverse deformation of fibres results in an increase in pennation angle of fascicles (bundles of fibres) and transverse deformation of muscle ...a muscle can ...
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Effects of load magnitude, muscle length and velocity during eccentric chronic loading on the longitudinal growth of the vastus lateralis muscle
... Functional parameters (indirect markers) were measured to further investigate the potential longitudinal growth of the muscles. A mechanical consequence of an increase of the number of sarcomeres in series in the ...
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Differences in contractile behaviour between the soleus and medial gastrocnemius muscles during human walking
... energy consumption (Roberts et al., 1998). Alternatively, activation of synergistic muscles such as soleus may be increased (Cronin et al., 2011b; Lichtwark and Wilson, 2008). Although this would still increase energy ...
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The scaling of postcranial muscles in cats (Felidae) II: hindlimb and lumbosacral muscles
... few muscle belly lengths actually scale with negative allometry (Table 4), but this length is not compensated for in any way with positively allometric tendons or muscle fascicles that display ...
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Homogeneity of fascicle architecture following repeated contractions in the human gastrocnemius medialis
... GM fascicle architecture during non-fatigued isometric plantar flexion MVC showed fascicle shortening to be uniform at distal, middle, and proximal regions (Maganaris et ...however, fascicle lengths ...
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Recruitment of faster motor units is associated with greater rates of fascicle strain and rapid changes in muscle force during locomotion
... with fascicle shortening velocity, these investigators suggested that changes in motor unit recruitment might explain the observed association between the electromechanical relaxation delay and locomotor ...this ...
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