The effect of activation level on muscle function during locomotion: are optimal lengths and velocities always used?

What drives activation-dependent shifts in the force-length curve?

(2014) N. C. Holt et al.   Biology Letters

Recruitment of rat diaphragm motor units across motor behaviors with different levels of diaphragm activation

(2014) Yasin B. Seven et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

The mechanics of elastic loading and recoil in anuran jumping

(2014) H. C. Astley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The effect of fast and slow motor unit activation on whole-muscle mechanical performance: the size principle may not pose a mechanical paradox

(2014) N. C. Holt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Locomotor function shapes the passive mechanical properties and operating lengths of muscle

(2014) E. Azizi   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

How muscle fiber lengths and velocities affect muscle force generation as humans walk and run at different speeds

(2013) E. M. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Anticipatory motor patterns limit muscle stretch during landing in toads

(2012) E. Azizi et al.   Biology Letters

Electromyographic evaluation of masseter muscle activity in horses fed (i) different types of roughage and (ii) maize after different hay allocations

(2012) I. Vervuert et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND ANIMAL NUTRITION

On the ascent: the soleus operating length is conserved to the ascending limb of the force-length curve across gait mechanics in humans

(2012) J. Rubenson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Differential segmental strain during active lengthening in a large biarticular thigh muscle during running

(2011) J. A. Carr et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2011) T. J. Roberts et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2011) J. M. Wakeling et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fiber Types in Mammalian Skeletal Muscles

(2011) Stefano Schiaffino et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

In vivo operational fascicle lengths of vastus lateralis during sub-maximal and maximal cycling

(2010) Neal Austin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

The mechanical power output of the pectoralis muscle of cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus): the in vivo muscle length trajectory and activity patterns and their implications for power modulation

(2010) C. R. Morris et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Muscle performance during frog jumping: influence of elasticity on muscle operating lengths

(2010) E. Azizi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Frequency-dependent power output and skeletal muscle design

(2008) Scott Medler et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Variable gearing in pennate muscles

(2008) E. Azizi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA