Unacceptable water-holding capacity costs the meat industry millions of dollars annually.
However, limited progress has been made toward understanding the mechanisms that …

Aging is often accompanied by declines in physical functioning which impedes older adults'
quality of life, sense of independence, and ability to perform daily tasks. Age-related …

Exercise for which a skeletal muscle is not adequately conditioned results in focal sites of
injury distributed within and among the fibres. Exercise with eccentric contractions is …

The purpose of this article was to review the literature on passive extensibility of skeletal
muscle with reference to its anatomic and physiologic properties, mechanisms of …

The passive tension-sarcomere length relation of rat cardiac muscle was investigated by
studying passive (or not activated) single myocytes and trabeculae. The contribution of …

Muscle force production occurs within an environment of tissues that exhibit spring-like
behavior, and this elasticity is a critical determinant of muscle performance during …

A unique characteristic of skeletal muscle is its diversity. This diversity is created by its
design, ie, its fiber composition and the heterogeneity of the individual fibers. Indeed, we …

Skeletal muscle undergoes continuous turnover to adapt to changes in its mechanical
environment. Overload increases muscle mass, whereas underload decreases muscle …

Production of active force in skeletal muscle results from the interaction of myosin-containing
thick filaments with actiri-containing thin filaments. These muscles are also passively elastic …

Recent advances in muscle biology concerning the discoveries of a large variety of proteins
have been described in this review. The existence of polymorphism in several muscle …