lopt was set based on scaled nominal values of all muscle-tendon parameters for an average adult male from literature [1]. Scaling algorithm from SIMM was followed. Since the Gastrocnemius muscle was modeled as an effective representation of the two heads, all parameters set were for the bigger, more pennate medial head. Maximal muscle contraction vmax values for all subjects were set as in [2]...

Selective breeding of mice for high voluntary wheel running has favoured characteristics that facilitate sustained, aerobically supported activity, including a "mini-muscle" phenotype with markedly reduced hind limb muscle mass, increased mass-specific activities of oxidative enzymes, decreased % myosin heavy chain IIb, and, in the medial gastrocnemius, reduced twitch speed, reduced mass-specif...

NERVE TRANSFERS FOR TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE PARALYSIS (FOOT DROP) A HUMAN CADAVER-BASED FEASIBILITY STUDY The following abstract was presented at William Beaumont Army Medical Center’s Research Day in May 2008. Purpose: This study explored the anatomic feasibility of using an interosseous nerve transfer to restore motor function to the tibialis anterior muscle following injury to the common pe...

purpose: to identify the postoperative surgical outcomes and the changes in deviation in patients treated by bilateral medial rectus (bmr) recession for small to large angle esotropia with a minimum follow-up of two years methods: in this retrospective and consecutive case series, we reviewed medical records of 130 patients who had recession surgery for correction of esotropia between 2001-2011...

Spasticity, contracture and muscle weakness often occur together poststroke and cause considerable motor impairments to stroke survivors. The underlying changes in contractile properties of muscle fascicles are still not clear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the contractile property changes of the medial gastrocnemius muscle fascicles poststroke. Ten stroke survivors and ten healt...

In sensory systems, the presence of a particular nonzero level of noise may significantly enhance the ability of an individual to detect weak sensory stimuli through a phenomenon known as stochastic resonance (SR). The aim of this study was to demonstrate if such phenomenon is also exhibited by the motor system; in particular, in the Ia-motoneuron synapse of the cat spinal cord. Monosynaptic re...