The sliding filament and cross-bridge theories of muscle contraction provide discrete
predictions of the tetanic force-length relationship of skeletal muscle that have been tested …

Titin is a filamentous protein spanning the half-sarcomere, with spring-like properties in the I-
band region. Various structural, signaling, and mechanical functions have been associated …

Muscle-driven simulations of human and animal motion are widely used to complement
physical experiments for studying movement dynamics. Musculotendon models are an …

This paper examined if an electromyography (EMG) driven musculoskeletal model of the
human knee could be used to predict knee moments, calculated using inverse dynamics …

This paper provides an overview of forward dynamic neuromusculoskeletal modeling. The
aim of such models is to estimate or predict muscle forces, joint moments, and/or joint …

Ultrasound imaging has recently been used to distinguish the length changes of muscle
fascicles from those of the whole muscle tendon complex during real life movements. The …

Muscles are required to perform or absorb mechanical work under different conditions.
However the ability of a muscle to do this depends on the interaction between its contractile …

In this review, the movement characteristics of the human masticatory system are discussed
from a biomechanical perspective. The discussion is based upon the three fundamental …

The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether increased tendon-aponeurosis
stiffness and contractile strength of the triceps surae (TS) muscle-tendon units induced by …

Musculoskeletal simulations of human movement commonly use Hill muscle models to
predict muscle forces, but their sensitivity to model parameter values is not well understood …