Skeletal muscle strength, mass, and function should be carefully monitored for signs of
decline with advanced adult age. An understanding of the pathophysiology and severity of …

Understanding passive skeletal muscle mechanics is critical in defining structure–function
relationships in skeletal muscle and ultimately understanding pathologically impaired …

Background In aging, muscle stiffness is considered as one of the factors associated with the
reduction of force generation capability. There have been inconsistent findings on age …

Fibrin hydrogels have proven highly suitable scaffold materials for skeletal muscle tissue
engineering in the past. Certain parameters of those types of scaffolds, however, greatly …

Previous studies demonstrated that acute fatiguing exercise transiently reduces whole‐
muscle stiffness, which might contribute to increased risk of injury and impaired contractile …

We measured the passive mechanical properties of intact, living human gracilis muscles (n=
11 individuals, 10 male and 1 female, age: 33±12 years, mass: 89±23 kg, height: 177±8 cm) …

The incidence of hamstring muscle strain varies among muscles, suggesting that the
mechanical stresses associated with elongation may differ among muscles. However, the …

Purpose Previous research has demonstrated increased stiffness in the multifidus muscle
compared to other paraspinal muscles at the fiber bundle level. We aimed to compare single …

Introduction: The passive mechanical behavior of skeletal muscle represents both important
and generally underappreciated biomechanical properties with little attention paid to their …

The decline in muscle mass and strength with age is well documented and associated with
weakness, decreased flexibility, vulnerability to diseases and/or injuries, and impaired …