B-mode ultrasound is often used to quantify muscle architecture during movements. Our
objectives were to 1) systematically review the reliability of fascicle length (FL) and …

To decelerate the body and limbs, muscles lengthen actively to dissipate energy. During
rapid energy-dissipating events, tendons buffer the work done on muscle by storing elastic …

Rapid force production and its transmission to the skeleton are important factors in
movements that involve the stretch-shortening cycle. Plyometric exercises are known to …

It is widely assumed that there is an eccentric hamstring muscle fibre action during the swing
phase of high-speed running. However, animal and modelling studies in humans show that …

An important function of skeletal muscle is deceleration via active muscle fascicle
lengthening, which dissipates movement energy. The mechanical interplay between muscle …

Peng, HT. Changes in biomechanical properties during drop jumps of incremental height. J
Strength Cond Res 25 (9): 2510-2518, 2011—The purpose of this study was to investigate …

Over the past 50 years our understanding of the central role that muscle motion has in
powering movement has accelerated significantly. Fundamental to this progress has been …

An eccentrically lengthening, energy-absorbing, brake-driven model of hamstring function
during the late-swing phase of sprinting has been widely touted within the existing literature …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether countermovement jump (CMJ) metrics
differed based on whether or not peak vertical ground reaction force (GRF) occurred at the …

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the stretch-shortening cycle (SSC)
contraction is integrated in neuromuscular activation in upper body muscles during double …