There is a growing interest in using by-products rich polyphenols, such as carob pulp (Cp, Ceratonia siliqua L.), dietary source of antioxidants for animals. This study assesses the effects including Cp lambs’ diet and meat display time (0, 7, 9, 11 days) modified atmosphere packaging on colour, fatty acid (FA) composition, tocopherol levels, lipid oxidation values Semimembranosus muscle 40 lig...

Introduction The hamstring muscles are frequently implicated in posterior thigh pain due to strains. The hamstring muscles are the three most superficial muscles that span the posterior thigh, and consist of the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus. The long head of biceps femoris originates from the inferiomedial aspect of the ischial tuberosity and inserts into the head of the ...

This paper explores the use of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) in combination with a fully automated Image Analysis method for the recognition of Biceps Femoris and Semimembranosus muscles in Iberian ham. A quantitative description of volume and a study of moisture and weight relationships during the product's ripening process are included. Three Active Contour methods (Variational Calculus, D...

The purpose of this study was to document gait patterns in a group of individuals with transtibial amputations (TTA) during stair ambulation, and to identify the functional limitations associated with this task. Ten persons with TTA fitted with a Seattle LightFoot prosthetic component, and 14 nondisabled subjects participated in this study. Electromyographic activity (EMG) of the vastus lateral...

This study aimed at evaluating the effects of trailer design on stress responses and meat quality traits of 3 different pig crosses: 50% Pietrain breeding with halothane (HAL)(Nn) (50Nn); 50% Pietrain breeding with HAL(NN) (50NN); and 25% Pietrain breeding with HAL(NN) genotype (25NN). Over a 6-wk period, pigs (120 pigs/crossbreed) were transported for 7 h in either a pot-belly (PB) or flat-dec...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed at assessing the effects of frozen storage duration on quality characteristics, lipid oxidation and sensory quality of various horse muscles. METHODS Five representative muscles: longissimus dorsi (LD), gluteus medius (GM), semimembranosus (SM), biceps femoris (BF), and triceps brachii (TB) at 24 h post-mortem obtained from 28-mo-old Jeju female breed horses (n = 8) ...

The objective of this study was to determine whether differences in pork tenderness and water-holding capacity could be explained by factors influencing calpain activity and proteolysis. Halothane-negative (HAL-1843 normal) Duroc pigs (n = 16) were slaughtered, and temperature and pH of the longissimus dorsi (LD), semimembranosus (SM), and psoas major (PM) were measured at 30 and 45 min and 1, ...

INTRODUCTION Females experience higher risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries; males experience higher risk of hamstring strain injuries. Differences in injury may be partially due to sex differences in knee flexor (KF) to knee extensor (KE) muscle size ratio and the proportional size of constituent muscles. PURPOSE To compare the absolute and proportional size, and mass distributi...

INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE The objective of this study was to characterize hamstring muscle kinematics during sprinting, so as to provide scientific data to better understand injury mechanisms and differences in injury rates between muscles. METHODS We conducted three-dimensional motion analyses of 14 athletes performing treadmill sprinting at speeds ranging from 80 to 100% of maximum. Scaled muscu...