Tensile-force transmitted by the tibialis anterior (TA) tendon of 11 anesthetized adult male Wistar rats (body-mass: 360.6 ± 66.3 g) was measured in-situ within the intact biomechanical system of the hind-limb using a novel miniature in-line load-cell. The aim was to demonstrate the dependence of the loading-profile experienced by the muscle, on stimulation-frequency and the resistance to short...

Stress distribution in peri-implant bone in an edentulous maxilla following delayed and immediate loading implant and the effect of implant length on the maximum stress were evaluated by using two kinds of finite element analyses. A threaded implant was loaded with a 100 N vertical force, either immediately or delayed, and examined by finite element analysis with a simple contact relation or a ...

The force-induced detachment of the adhesion protein complex CD2-CD58 was studied by steered molecular dynamics simulations. The forced detachment of CD2 and CD58 shows that the system can respond to an external force by two mechanisms, which depend on the loading rate. At the rapid loading rates of 70 and 35 pN/ps (pulling speeds of 1 and 0.5 Å/ps) the two proteins unfold before they separate,...

The activity of the hypoglossal nerve was recorded during pharyngeal loading in sleeping dogs with chronically implanted cuff electrodes. Three self-coiling spiral-cuff electrodes were implanted in two beagles for durations of 17, 7, and 6 mo. During quiet wakefulness and sleep, phasic hypoglossal activity was either very small or not observable above the baseline noise. Applying a perpendicula...

Jack Tigh Dennerlein Maria C. Yang Harvard University Reactivity 665 Huntington Ave. 1301 Shoreway Road, Suite 425 Boston, MA 02115 Belmont, CA 94002 [email protected] [email protected] REVISION: 16 October 2000 ABSTRACT Pointing devices, long an essential input tool for the graphical user interface (GUI) of desktop computers, require precision motor control and dexterity to use. Haptic f...

The purpose of this study was to examine kinematic and kinetic differences in low and high intensity hand support impact loads during a forward handspring vault. A high-speed video camera (500 Hz) and two portable force platforms (500 Hz) were installed on the surface of the vault table. Two-dimensional analyses were conducted on 24 forward handspring vaults performed by 12 senior level, junior...

OBJECTIVE To compare 3-dimensional (3D) shoulder joint reaction forces and stride characteristics during bilateral forearm crutches and front-wheeled walker ambulation in persons with incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). DESIGN Cross-sectional cohort study. SETTING Biomechanics laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Fourteen adult volunteers with incomplete SCI recruited from outpatient rehabilitation ...

Pointing devices, essential input tools for the graphical user interface (GUI) of desktop computers, require precise motor control and dexterity to use. Haptic force-feedback devices provide the human operator with tactile cues, adding the sense of touch to existing visual and auditory interfaces. However, the performance enhancements, comfort, and possible musculoskeletal loading of using a fo...

A simple, practical, and model-free method is presented, by which kinetic data can be extracted from variable loading-rate single molecule dynamic force spectroscopy experiments. The constant sampling rate of digital acquisition facilitates the sorting of multiple force curves into histograms that reflect the collective force-time history of the bonds of interest. Combining the force-time histo...