Publications related to Muscle contraction

Dynamical biomechanical model of the shoulder: null space based optimization of the overactuated system

Dominique Pioletti, Denis Gillet, Alexandre Terrier, Philippe Müllhaupt, Yvan Michellod, Martin Aeberhard

A new dynamical model of the shoulder has been developed. It consists of eleven muscles. The glenohumeral joint, modeled as a spherical joint, allows three rotations and blocks the translations. Muscle wrapping around a spherical humeral head is calculated ...

2008

Simulated joint and muscle forces in reversed and anatomic shoulder prostheses

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Francesco Merlini, Adrian Reist

Reversed shoulder prostheses are increasingly being used for the treatment of glenohumeral arthropathy associated with a deficient rotator cuff. These non-anatomical implants attempt to balance the joint forces by means of a semi-constrained articular surf ...

2008

Comparative dynamics of retrograde actin flow and focal adhesions: formation of nascent adhesions triggers transition from fast to slow flow

Jean-Jacques Meister, Sébastien Schaub

Dynamic actin network at the leading edge of the cell is linked to the extracellular matrix through focal adhesions (FAs), and at the same time it undergoes retrograde flow with different dynamics in two distinct zones: the lamellipodium (peripheral zone o ...

Public Library of Science2008

Stance- and locomotion-dependent processing of vibration-induced proprioceptive inflow from multiple muscles in humans

Grégoire Courtine

We performed a whole-body mapping study of the effect of unilateral muscle vibration, eliciting spindle Ia firing, on the control of standing and walking in humans. During quiet stance, vibration applied to various muscles of the trunk-neck system and of t ...

American Physiological Society2007

The WalkTrainer: A Robotic System for Walking Rehabilitation

Reymond Clavel, Mohamed Bouri, Yves Stauffer, Patrick Métrailler, Jacques Fournier, Yves Allemand

Standard reeducation methods for paraplegic people rely on manual or robotic mobilization on a treadmill. However in both cases the motion is generated by an exterior force, the training is thus called passive. In this context the Swiss Fondation for Cyber ...

2007

GDNF secreting human neural progenitor cells protect dying motor neurons, but not their projection to muscle, in a rat model of familial ALS

Patrick Aebischer

BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by rapid loss of muscle control and eventual paralysis due to the death of large motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Growth factors such ...

Public Library of Science2007

Oscillatory shear stress and reduced compliance impair vascular functions

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rafaela Fernandes Da Silva, Paolo Silacci, Tyler Nerton Thacher, Veronica Gambillara

Shear stress has been shown to influence endothelial cell gene expression and morphology. In particular, low and bi-directional shear stress, mimicking conditions at plaque-prone areas, down-regulates the expression of several atheroprotective genes, and u ...

2007

Intermanual Differences in movement-related interhemispheric inhibition

Friedhelm Christoph Hummel, Julie Duqué

Interhemispheric inhibition (IHI) between motor cortical areas is thought to play a critical role in motor control and could influence manual dexterity. The purpose of this study was to investigate IHI preceding movements of the dominant and nondominant ha ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press2007

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Muscle contraction

Dynamical biomechanical model of the shoulder: null space based optimization of the overactuated system

Simulated joint and muscle forces in reversed and anatomic shoulder prostheses

Comparative dynamics of retrograde actin flow and focal adhesions: formation of nascent adhesions triggers transition from fast to slow flow

Stance- and locomotion-dependent processing of vibration-induced proprioceptive inflow from multiple muscles in humans

The WalkTrainer: A Robotic System for Walking Rehabilitation

GDNF secreting human neural progenitor cells protect dying motor neurons, but not their projection to muscle, in a rat model of familial ALS

Neuregulins increase mitochondrial oxidative capacity and insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle cells

Multiscale modelling of metabolism and transport phenomena in living tissues

Oscillatory shear stress and reduced compliance impair vascular functions

Intermanual Differences in movement-related interhemispheric inhibition

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Simulated joint and muscle forces in reversed and anatomic shoulder prostheses

Comparative dynamics of retrograde actin flow and focal adhesions: formation of nascent adhesions triggers transition from fast to slow flow

Stance- and locomotion-dependent processing of vibration-induced proprioceptive inflow from multiple muscles in humans

Multiscale modelling of metabolism and transport phenomena in living tissues

Oscillatory shear stress and reduced compliance impair vascular functions

Intermanual Differences in movement-related interhemispheric inhibition

Dynamical biomechanical model of the shoulder: null space based optimization of the overactuated system

Neuregulins increase mitochondrial oxidative capacity and insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle cells

The WalkTrainer: A Robotic System for Walking Rehabilitation

GDNF secreting human neural progenitor cells protect dying motor neurons, but not their projection to muscle, in a rat model of familial ALS