Repeated stretch-shortening cycles enhance force and work despite brief deactivation between cycles journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

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From speculation to regulation: an evidence-based analysis of the EU reclassification of non-invasive brain stimulation devices academic.oup.com/jlb/article/...

This was a fantastic conference, and at first glance, this review article looks great too! #myoblue

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Great team involved in this review based on a conference we organized at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social tinyurl.com/27zupuhc @abigailmackey1.bsky.social @mackinprof.bsky.social @wimderave.bsky.social and others not yet in Bluesky.

⚠️ 📢 🚨 latest paper from the PowerLab led by Dr. Alex Zero 💪🏻 @uofguelph.bsky.social @jbiomech.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Stretch-shortening cycle performance enhancement is not affected by initial pre-activation muscle length in permeabilized single muscle fibres

The purpose of this study was to assess whether initial pre-activation muscle length alters stretch–shortening cycle (SSC) performance enhancement in …

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Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies is looking for a subcontractor (muscle physiologist) for a 5 day project at Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducting muscle mechanics / small-angle X-ray diffraction experiments. See LinkedIn post for details. www.linkedin.com/posts/anthon...

Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies is looking for a subcontractor (muscle physiologist) for a 5 day project at Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducting muscle mechanics / small-angle X-ray… | Anthon...

Accelerated Muscle Biotechnologies is looking for a subcontractor (muscle physiologist) for a 5 day project at Brookhaven National Laboratory, conducting muscle mechanics / small-angle X-ray diffracti...

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In our latest review paper in Brain Research, we show that next-gen stimulators with controllable pulses open new opportunities for modulating corticospinal excitability and neuroplasticity. doi.org/10.1016/j.br...

Reply to the Letter to the Editor concerning the article: ‘The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations’ @jphysiol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1113/JP29...

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📢The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations - Rissmann et al. - The Journal of Physiology - Wiley Online Library physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @neuromechahnics.bsky.social

The stretch–shortening cycle effect is not associated with cortical or spinal excitability modulations

Abstract figure legend Active muscle stretch before shortening increases force, work and power output compared with shortening only, which is known as the stretch–shortening cycle (SSC) effect. We ex....

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Are you interested in muscle #biomechanics and looking for #postdoc opportunities? If you have skills in (statistical) shape modelling, advanced data analyses or 3D imaging/model reconstructions, get in touch with me! I will be at #SEB2025 (Antwerp), #CNB2025 (Helsinki), and #ISB2025 (Stockholm).

A tour de force! Mouse, worm, and human data all telling the same story. Amazing! “microRNA-1 Regulates Metabolic Flexibility by Programming Adult Skeletal Muscle Pyruvate Metabolism” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

microRNA-1 Regulates Metabolic Flexibility by Programming Adult Skeletal Muscle Pyruvate Metabolism

Metabolic flexibility refers to the ability of a tissue to adjust cellular fuel choice in response to conditional changes in metabolic demand and acti…

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The influence of pulse shape and current direction of TMS on test–retest reliability, and variability of measurement outcomes

Pulse parameters of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) critically affect the stimulation outcomes. There is, however, a lack of understanding on …

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The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH) is funding a new PhD position. The project will focus on muscle mechanics and pressure. Application details can be found at the link below. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD Position in Muscle Mechanics (281527) | The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

Job title: PhD Position in Muscle Mechanics (281527), Employer: The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences , Deadline: Friday, August 1, 2025

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Jo et al., 2025. Physiological Reports, 13, e70377. @physrep.bsky.social doi.org/10.14814/phy...

Modulation of stretch activation influences the stretch‐shortening cycle effect in in vivo human knee extensors

This study investigated the effects of progressively increasing voluntary activation during the stretch phase on force and work production in the stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) of human knee extensor...

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📢 🚨 Serial sarcomerogenesis does not contribute to the initial repeated bout effect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Latest work from the PowerLab Ethan & @hinksave.bsky.social

Serial sarcomerogenesis does not contribute to the initial repeated bout effect

Neuromuscular function is impaired following an unaccustomed bout of eccentric exercise. However, through the repeated bout effect (RBE), the muscle i…

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New publication on #muscle stretch-shortening cycles. Elst et al. (2025). Eur J Physiol rdcu.be/elxuN @neuromechahnics.bsky.social , @myoblue.bsky.social

We are recruiting a postdoc for an exciting multi-disciplinary project that explores the use of quantum sensors to measure muscle behaviour - looking for someone with skills in ultrasound, mocap, and EMG - funded by QLD Government's Quantum 2032 Challenge uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uqcare...

If you're in Berlin and working in #neuroscience, join us on 4 April @mdc-berlin.bsky.social for the 2025 MDC Neuroscience Meeting! There will be talks by our PhD students and postdocs (including yours truly with a talk on #locomotion and #proprioception), followed by a social poster session.

#MyoBlue I am looking for some students to join me on an academic project at the BioCAT Xray beamline Argonne Nat Labs, coming up: Feb 26-March 2nd. Besides paying room/board, you will get authorship on the 3 research papers we are completing. Who wants in? No Xray experience needed. Please share!

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NeuromecHAHNics - Daniel Hahn@neuromechahnics.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 Paper alert! 🚨 Do you use ultrasound imaging to look at muscle architecture changes during movement? Then UltraTimTrack is for you! We leveraged the benefits of its predecessors, UltraTrack + TimTrack, to enable automatic, objective, and accurate fascicle tracking: peerj.com/articles/cs-...

Decoupling of muscle-tendon unit and fascicle velocity contributes to the in vivo stretch-shortening cycle effect 👉 reduction in fascicle shortening amplitude and velocity 👉 increasing the muscle's force capacity. Holzer et al. #myoblue @dfgpublic.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.14814/phy...

Decoupling of muscle‐tendon unit and fascicle velocity contributes to the in vivo stretch‐shortening cycle effect in the male human triceps surae muscle

During the shortening of stretch-shortening cycles (SSCs), muscle force output is enhanced compared with pure shortening (SHO), referred to as the SSC-effect. In general, muscle-tendon unit (MTU), mu...

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Journal of Applied Biomechanics is looking for a deputy editor to work with Katherine Boyer. Take a look at the recent announcement: journals.humankinetics.com/fileasset/JA...

ISB 2025: submission is open! 🌎 www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract...

Academic/industry PhD or post doc positions are being created between @ambiotech.bsky.social, MuscleX lab (new Prof Weikang Ma), and Prof Sam Harris (UA) Skeletal and cardiac muscle projects. Support to get own funding/line of research. (+ Living wage / benifits). Contact us! Share the news!

This is a big study out of the PowerLab looking at the scaling of Residual force enhancement from the single fibre to joint level in humans!! Very proud of the team for pulling this one off! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New Commentary in #ClinicalNeurophysiology addressing the ambiguities around research with #NIBS devices under the #EuropeanMedicalDeviceRegulation. We argue that most research studies using medical devices do not fall under the #MDR. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

Unlocking benefit of active stretch .... Kudos to T Göcking, PhD student @unibw_m, and D Holzer, @neuromechahnics.bsky.social, T Siebert. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38932683/

Unlocking the benefit of active stretch: The Eccentric muscle action not the preload maximizes muscle-tendon unit stretch-shortening cycle performance - PubMed

Stretch-shortening cycles (SSCs) outperform shortening contractions preceded by isometric contractions in terms of enhanced force/torque, work, and power production during shortening. This so-called S...

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