The novice and elite athlete is familiar with the postexercise muscle discomfort known as
delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) after unfamiliar exercises. While common in …

As the primary producer of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in skeletal muscle, fibroblasts
play an important role providing structural support to muscle. Skeletal muscle ECM is vital for …

Skeletal muscle architecture is defined as the arrangement of fibers in a muscle and
functionally defines performance capacity. Architectural values are used to model muscle …

Skeletal muscle design studies, based on anatomical structure, extend back several
hundred years. Accurate anatomical drawings show that many muscle fibers are oriented at …

Objectives Shoulder subluxation is a common problem after stroke. It causes shoulder pain
that affects activities of daily living. This study aimed to investigate the effect of repetitive …

Muscle performance is closely related to the architecture and dimensions of the muscle–
tendon unit and the effect of maturation on these architectural characteristics in humans is …

The organization of fibers within a muscle (architecture) defines the performance capacity of
that muscle. In the current commentary, basic architectural terms are reviewed in the context …

Purpose To determine how different combinations of humeral stem and glenosphere
designs for reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) influence range of motion (ROM) and …

We determined the relationship between atrophy of the supraspinatus muscle and functional
outcomes in 27 patients with full-thickness rotator cuff tears who underwent arthroscopic …

Muscle contractures that occur after upper motor neuron lesion are often surgically released
or lengthened. However, surgical manipulation of muscle length changes a muscle's …