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 …

Experimental techniques in single human skeletal muscle cells require manual dissection.
Unlike other mammalian species, human skeletal muscle is characterized by a …

Purpose Studies have revealed an age-related decrease in the ability to produce force as
well as an increase in the contractile stiffness and passive stress of single muscle fibres …

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

The passive elastic modulus of muscle fiber appears to be size-dependent. The objectives of
this study were to determine whether this size effect was evident in the mechanical testing of …

Observational studies show correlations between intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) content and
muscle strength and contractile function in people with “metabolically abnormal” obesity …

Comparisons of muscle force output are often performed after normalization to muscle
physiological cross-sectional area (CSA). Differences in force per CSA (ie, specific force) …

Purpose Heat acclimation (HA) is recommended before competing in hot and humid
conditions. HA has also been recently suggested to increase muscle strength, but its effects …

Skeletal muscle stiffness influences locomotor function and may predict soft-tissue injury
risk. Recent literature suggests fatiguing exercise transiently reduces whole skeletal muscle …

Adult spinal deformity (ASD) is prevalent among~ 30% of the population above 65 years old.
While decreased back extensor strength in the form of muscle weakness/dysfunction is well …