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ReviewPhysiology (Bethesda, Md.)2019

The Multi-Scale, Three-Dimensional Nature of Skeletal Muscle Contraction.

Thomas J Roberts, Carolyn M Eng, David A Sleboda, Natalie C Holt, Elizabeth L Brainerd, Kristin K Stover, Richard L Marsh, Emanuel Azizi

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Review in Physiology (Bethesda, Md.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Thomas J RobertsDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.ORCID 0000-0002-6345-9324
Carolyn M EngDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
David A SlebodaDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Natalie C HoltDepartment of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California.
Elizabeth L BrainerdDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Kristin K StoverDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California.
Richard L MarshDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
Emanuel AziziDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California.

Funding

Elastic mechanisms in locomotionR01AR055295 · NIAMS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI EMANUEL AZIZI, Thomas Jay Roberts · 2008 to 2026
$6.0M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR055295
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscle contraction is a three-dimensional process, as anyone who has observed a bulging muscle knows. Recent studies suggest that the three-dimensional nature of muscle contraction influences its mechanical output. Shape changes and radial forces appear to be important across scales of organization. Muscle architectural gearing is an emerging example of this process.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaHumansMuscle ContractionMuscle, Skeletalelasticgearingmechanicsmusclesarcomere

Identifiers

PMID31577172
PMCPMC7002870

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