... muscle. Four-week-old female CD-1 mice were randomly selected to consume either a standard laboratory diet or a standard laboratory diet in conjunction with a HFD for 20 weeks. Peripheral soleus and core diaphragm were isolated from each animal and maximal isometric force and work loop power were...

... isometric muscle–tendon units have the potential to act as tension struts, forming links in linkages that avoid the demand for mechanical work-cycling in the first place. Here, forelimb and hindlimb structures and geometries of quadrupeds are considered in terms of linkages that avoid mechanical work...

... Ltd 2021 Summary: Decreasing voluntary muscle activity levels in the human triceps surae shift the plantar flexion force–angle and force–length relationships toward more dorsiflexed ankle angles and longer fascicle lengths. Activation Compliance Force–length relationship Isometric...

..., and how they are influenced through stretch. We used the anterior tibialis muscle of leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex) to measure the oxygen consumed and work done during shortening contractions that were immediately preceded by either a brief stretch (5% muscle length over 25 ms) or an isometric...

...H. P. J. Buschman; W. J. Van Der Laarse; G. J. M. Stienen; G. Elzinga ABSTRACT The origin of the threefold variation found previously in isometric force normalized to cross-sectional area of single fast-twitch tibialis anterior muscle fibres of the frog Rana temporaria was studied by using (1...