ReviewThe Journal of physiology2006
Residual force enhancement in skeletal muscle.
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- Residual force enhancement following hindlimb unloading and exercise prehabilitation.Journal of muscle research and cell motility · 2025Article
- The stretch-shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- Evidence for multi-scale power amplification in skeletal muscle.The Journal of experimental biology · 2023Article
- Antagonist muscle torque at the ankle interfere with maximal voluntary contraction under isometric and anisometric conditions.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Effect of Active Lengthening and Shortening on Small-Angle X-ray Reflections in Skinned Skeletal Muscle Fibres.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Spontaneous myogenic fasciculation associated with the lengthening of cardiac muscle in response to static preloading.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Pre-activation affects the effect of stretch-shortening cycle by modulating fascicle behavior.Biology open · 2019Article
- Force depression following a stretch-shortening cycle depends on the amount of residual force enhancement established in the initial stretch phase.Physiological reports · 2019Article
- Muscle thixotropy-where are we now?Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2019Review
- Passive force enhancement in striated muscle.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2019Review
- The multiple roles of titin in muscle contraction and force production.Biophysical reviews · 2018Review
- Can Strain Dependent Inhibition of Cross-Bridge Binding Explain Shifts in Optimum Muscle Length?Integrative and comparative biology · 2018Article
- Why are muscles strong, and why do they require little energy in eccentric action?Journal of sport and health science · 2018Article
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Abstract
Residual force enhancement has been observed consistently in skeletal muscles following active stretching. However, its underlying mechanism(s) remain elusive, and it cannot be explained readily within the framework of the cross-bridge theory. Traditionally, residual force enhancement has been attributed to the development of sarcomere length non-uniformities. However, recent evidence suggests that this might not be the case. Rather, it appears that residual force enhancement has an active and a passive component. The active component is tentatively associated with changes in the cross-bridge kinetics that might be reflected in decreased detachment rates following active muscle stretching, while the passive component possibly originates from a structural protein, such as titin, whose stiffness might be regulated by calcium.
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