The protein, dysferlin, mediates sarcolemmal repair in vitro, implicating defective membrane
repair in dysferlinopathies. To study the role of dysferlin in vivo, we assessed contractile …

Background. Myonecrosis due to group A streptococci (GAS) often develops at sites of
nonpenetrating muscle injury, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may …

Non-invasive, movement-based models were used to investigate muscle pain. In rats, the
masseter muscle was rapidly stretched or electrically stimulated during forced lengthening to …

Eccentric exercise training is effective for increasing muscle mass and strength, and
improving insulin sensitivity and blood lipid profiles. However, potential muscle damage …

Resumption of normal muscle loading after a period of disuse initiates cellular processes
related to mass accretion. The renewed loading also induces a significant amount of muscle …

Post-match assessment of creatine kinase (CK) activity and delayed-onset muscle soreness
(DOMS) are common markers of exercise-induced muscle damage and recovery status in …

Key points Force transfer is integral for maintaining skeletal muscle structure and function.
One important component is dystrophin. There is limited understanding of how force transfer …

PURPOSE: The ability of skeletal muscle to adapt to eccentric (ECC) contraction-induced
injury is known as the repeated bout effect (RBE). Despite the RBE being a well-established …

The paired pyramidalis muscles are small triangular-shaped muscles that lie between the
anterior surface of the rectus abdominus and the posterior surface of the rectus sheath. The …

The dystrophin-associated protein complex (DAPC) is a scaffold of proteins linking the
intracellular cytoskeleton with the extracellular matrix that is integral to structural stability and …