[HTML][HTML] Skeletal muscle mechanics, energetics and plasticity

RL Lieber, TJ Roberts, SS Blemker, SSM Lee… - … of neuroengineering and …, 2017 - Springer
The following papers by Richard Lieber (Skeletal Muscle as an Actuator), Thomas Roberts
(Elastic Mechanisms and Muscle Function), Silvia Blemker (Skeletal Muscle has a Mind of its …

Factors that influence muscle weakness following stroke and their clinical implications: a critical review

V Gray, CL Rice, SJ Garland - Physiotherapy Canada, 2012 - utpjournals.press
Purpose: To provide a comprehensive review of changes that occur in the muscle after
stroke and how these changes influence the force-generating capacity of the muscle …

Changes in passive mechanical properties of the gastrocnemius muscle at the muscle fascicle and joint levels in stroke survivors

F Gao, TH Grant, EJ Roth, LQ Zhang - Archives of physical medicine and …, 2009 - Elsevier
Gao F, Grant TH, Roth EJ, Zhang LQ. Changes in passive mechanical properties of the
gastrocnemius muscle at the muscle fascicle and joint levels in stroke survivors …

[PDF][PDF] Long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 665 regulates viability, apoptosis, and autophagy via the MiR-186-5p/MAP4K3 axis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Shan, P Li - Yonsei medical journal, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose Long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 665 (LINC00665) plays a vital role in the
development of cancer. Its function in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), however, remains …

Ultrasonic evaluations of Achilles tendon mechanical properties poststroke

H Zhao, Y Ren, YN Wu, SQ Liu… - Journal of applied …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Spasticity, contracture, and muscle weakness are commonly observed poststroke in muscles
crossing the ankle. However, it is not clear how biomechanical properties of the Achilles …

The effect of functional stretching exercises on neural and mechanical properties of the spastic medial gastrocnemius muscle in patients with chronic stroke: A …

E Ghasemi, K Khademi-Kalantari… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Following spasticity, neural and mechanical changes of the paretic muscle
often occur, which affect the muscle function. The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Altered contractile properties of the gastrocnemius muscle poststroke

F Gao, LQ Zhang - Journal of Applied Physiology, 2008 - journals.physiology.org
Spasticity, contracture and muscle weakness often occur together poststroke and cause
considerable motor impairments to stroke survivors. The underlying changes in contractile …

Passive mechanical properties of gastrocnemius muscles of people with ankle contracture after stroke

LK Kwah, RD Herbert, LA Harvey, J Diong… - Archives of physical …, 2012 - Elsevier
Kwah LK, Herbert RD, Harvey LA, Diong J, Clarke JL, Martin JH, Clarke EC, Hoang PD,
Bilston LE, Gandevia SC. Passive mechanical properties of gastrocnemius muscles of …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on spastic muscle of the wrist joint in stroke survivors: evidence from neuromechanical analysis

Y Leng, WLA Lo, C Hu, R Bian, Z Xu, X Shan… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: This study combined neuromechanical modeling analysis, muscle tone
measurement from mechanical indentation and electrical impedance myography to assess …

Serial sarcomere number is substantially decreased within the paretic biceps brachii in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke

AN Adkins, JPA Dewald, LP Garmirian… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
A muscle's structure, or architecture, is indicative of its function and is plastic; changes in
input to or use of the muscle alter its architecture. Stroke-induced neural deficits substantially …