… a cutting-edge technology that can directly measure the mechanical properties of tissue,
including muscle stiffness. Its real-time and direct measurements of muscle stiffness can aid the …

… Our measurements suggest that the triceps surae muscles maintain balance via a spring-like
element which is itself too compliant to guarantee stability. The implication is that the brain …

… of the muscles in the stabilisation of the standing posture. This is the reason for which we
designed an apparatus for the direct measurement of intrinsic ankle stiffness which has a clear …

… to changes in muscle stiffness occurring after short-range stiffness effects. Initially the
entire muscle–… stiffness, after which the muscle stiffness decreases due to detaching cross-bridges. …

… This study provides the first direct measurements in skeletal muscle before and after
eccentric exercise damage and suggests that MRE can be used to detect the time course of …

… the molecular mechanism of muscle contraction, it is crucial to know the distribution of the
sarcomere compliance of active muscle. Here, we directly measure the stiffness of single actin …

… No significant differences were measured across muscle groups. This study provides the
first direct estimates of the anisotropic shear modulus in the triceps surae muscle group, and …

… (SWV) can directly estimate muscle stiffness since this tissue … there to be a direct relationship
between SWV and stiffness. The … and direct measurements of muscle force and stiffness in …

… and stiffness within individual muscles, and thus show promise for direct measurement of the
… Ultrasound elastography: the new frontier in direct measurement of muscle stiffness. Arch …

… to incremental stiffness from intrinsic muscle properties was measured during … tibia1 muscle
contributes significantly to the muscle stiffness seems in line with findings from other muscles …