Isometric Contraction

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A comparison of physical characteristics and swing mechanics between golfers with and without a history of low back pain. 
  • A prospective, multicenter study to evaluate clinical and radiographic outcomes in primary rotator cuff repair reinforced with a xenograft dermal matrix. 
  • Acoustic radiation force impulse imaging of in vivo vastus medialis muscle under varying isometric load 
  • Acute tolerance and reversal of the motor control effects of midazolam. 
  • Aging of skeletal muscle: a 12-yr longitudinal study. 
  • Behavior of motor units in human biceps brachii during a submaximal fatiguing contraction. 
  • Cell Density and Joint microRNA-133a and microRNA-696 Inhibition Enhance Differentiation and Contractile Function of Engineered Human Skeletal Muscle Tissues. 
  • Effect of maturational changes in myosin content and morphometry on airway smooth muscle contraction. 
  • Effects of propranolol treatment on left ventricular function and intracellular calcium regulation in rats with postinfarction heart failure. 
  • Expectancy Reduces Symptoms but not Functional Impairment Following Exercise-induced Musculoskeletal Injury. 
  • Force-pain relationship in functional magnetic and electrical stimulation of subjects with paresis and preserved sensation. 
  • Functional activation of the extensor carpi radialis muscles in humans. 
  • Functional effects of 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (17P) on human myometrial contractility in vitro. 
  • Head and shoulder posture affect scapular mechanics and muscle activity in overhead tasks. 
  • Influence of a 3.5 day fast on physical performance. 
  • Isokinetic testing of biceps strength and endurance in dominant versus nondominant upper extremities. 
  • Ligand-induced overexpression of a constitutively active beta2-adrenergic receptor: pharmacological creation of a phenotype in transgenic mice. 
  • Low-volume strength and endurance training prevent the decrease in exercise hyperemia induced by non-dominant forearm immobilization. 
  • Lower extremity neuromuscular recovery following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; a 2-week case study. 
  • Mechanical compression during repeated sustained isometric muscle contractions and hyperemic recovery in healthy young males. 
  • Mechanisms of airway hypercontractility in basenji-greyhound dogs. 
  • Minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty using the contralateral knee as a control group: a case-control study. 
  • Modularity of motor output evoked by intraspinal microstimulation in cats. 
  • Muscle activity localization with 31P spectroscopy and calculated T2-weighted 1H images. 
  • Muscle adaptations with immobilization and rehabilitation after ankle fracture. 
  • Muscle reoxygenation rate after isometric exercise at various intensities in relation to muscle oxidative capacity. 
  • Neurokinin receptors mediating substance P-induced contraction in adult rabbit airways. 
  • Neurokinin subtype receptors mediating substance P contraction in immature rabbit airways. 
  • Neuromuscular and biomechanical characteristic changes in high school athletes: a plyometric versus basic resistance program. 
  • Non-invasive measurement of the input-output properties of peripheral nerve stimulating electrodes. 
  • Ontogeny of shortening velocity in porcine trachealis. 
  • Perturbed length-dependent activation in human hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with missense sarcomeric gene mutations. 
  • Quadriceps Neuromuscular Function and Jump-Landing Sagittal-Plane Knee Biomechanics After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. 
  • Reliability and measurement precision of concentric-to-isometric and eccentric-to-isometric knee active joint position sense tests in uninjured physically active adults. 
  • Selective control of muscle activation with a multipolar nerve cuff electrode. 
  • Soluble miniagrin enhances contractile function of engineered skeletal muscle. 
  • Structural changes in isometrically contracting insect flight muscle trapped following a mechanical perturbation. 
  • Studies of ischemia-reperfusion injury in skeletal muscle: efficacy of 21-aminosteroids on microcirculation and muscle contraction after an extended period of warm ischemia. 
  • Suprathreshold heat pain response predicts activity-related pain, but not rest-related pain, in an exercise-induced injury model. 
  • Technical considerations for electromyographic research on the shoulder. 
  • The effect of progressive resistance training on leg strength, aerobic capacity and functional tasks of daily living in persons with Down syndrome. 
  • The effect of stimulus pulse duration on selectivity of neural stimulation. 
  • The effects of exogenous nitric oxide donor on motor functional recovery of reperfused peripheral nerve. 
  • The effects of ultrasound-guided adductor canal block versus femoral nerve block on quadriceps strength and fall risk: a blinded, randomized trial of volunteers. 
  • The efficacy of cryotherapy following arthroscopic knee surgery. 
  • The influence of strain rate on the passive and stimulated engineering stress--large strain behavior of the rabbit tibialis anterior muscle. 
  • The manual muscle examination for rotator cuff strength. An electromyographic investigation. 
  • The role of strength in rising from a chair in the functionally impaired elderly. 
  • The use of cultured Schwann cells in nerve repair in a rabbit hind-limb model. 
  • Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Characteristics and the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Questionnaire Score in Collegiate Baseball Athletes. 
  • Vasoactive effects of substance P on isolated rabbit pulmonary artery. 
  • Viscoelastic characteristics of muscle: passive stretching versus muscular contractions. 
  • p38-MAPK induced dephosphorylation of alpha-tropomyosin is associated with depression of myocardial sarcomeric tension and ATPase activity.