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Geared up to stretch: pennate muscle behavior during active lengthening

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Skeletal muscle myofilament adaptations to aging, disease, and disuse and their effects on whole muscle performance in older adult humans

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Cellular Mechanisms of Tissue Fibrosis. 4. Structural and functional consequences of skeletal muscle fibrosis

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Muscle gearing during isotonic and isokinetic movements in the ankle plantarflexors

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The effects of asymmetric length trajectories on the initial mechanical efficiency of mouse soleus muscles

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Flexible mechanisms: the diverse roles of biological springs in vertebrate movement

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Movement mechanics as a determinate of muscle structure, recruitment and coordination

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Structural, biochemical, cellular, and functional changes in skeletal muscle extracellular matrix with aging

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Aging and the force–velocity relationship of muscles

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Variable gearing in pennate muscles

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Age-related changes in the mechanical properties of the epimysium in skeletal muscles of rats

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