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Musculoskeletal & Orthopedic Biomechanics Lab

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The following are examples of some publications by members of the Biomechanics Laboratory:

Hafer JF, Kent JA, and Boyer KA (2019). Physical activity and age-related biomechanical risk factors for knee osteoarthritis.
Boyer KA, Johnson RT, Banks JJ, Jewell C, and Hafer JF (2017). Systematic review and meta-analysis of gait mechanics in young and older adults.

Muscle Physiology Lab

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The following are examples of some publications by members of the Muscle Physiology Laboratory:

Fitzgerald LF, Bartlett MF, Nagarajan R, Francisco EJ, Sup FC 4th, Kent JA. Effects of old age and contraction mode on knee extensor muscle ATP flux and metabolic economy in vivo.
Bartlett MF, Fitzgerald LF, Kent JA. Rates of oxidative ATP synthesis are not augmented beyond the pH threshold in human vastus lateralis muscles during a stepwise contraction protocol.
Fitzgerald LF, Ryan MM, Bartlett MF, Miehm JD, Kent JA. Muscle architecture, voluntary activation, and low-frequency fatigue do not explain the greater fatigue of older compared with young women during high-velocity contractions.
Bartlett MF, Fitzgerald LF, Nagarajan R, Kent JA. Validity and accuracy of calculating oxidative ATP synthesis in vivo during high-intensity skeletal muscle contractions.
Kent JA, Fitzgerald LF. In vivo mitochondrial function in aging skeletal muscle: capacity, flux, and patterns of use.
Callahan DM, Umberger BR, Kent JA. Mechanisms of in vivo muscle fatigue in humans: investigating age-related fatigue resistance with a computational model.
Van Emmerik RE, Remelius JG, Johnson MB, Chung LH, Kent-Braun JA. Postural control in women with multiple sclerosis: effects of task, vision and symptomatic fatigue.

Muscle Biology Lab

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The following are examples of some publications by members of the Muscle Biology Laboratory:

Straight CR, Ades PA, Toth MJ, Miller MS. Age-related reduction in single muscle fiber calcium sensitivity is associated with decreased muscle power in men and women.
Miller MS, Callahan DM, Tourville TW, Slauterbeck JR, Savage PD, Ades PA, Beynnon BD, Toth MJ. Moderate-intensity resistance exercise alters skeletal muscle molecular and cellular structure and function in inactive, older adults with knee osteoarthritis.
Toth MJ, Callahan DM, Miller MS, Tourville TW, Hackett SB, Couch ME, Dittus K. Skeletal muscle fiber size and fiber type distribution in human cancer: Effects of weight loss and relationship to physical function.
Miller MS, Bedrin NG, Ades PA, Palmer BM, Toth MJ. Molecular determinants of force production in human skeletal muscle fibers: Effects of myosin isoform expression and cross-sectional area
Callahan DM, Tourville TW, Miller MS, Hackett SF, Sharma H, Cruickshank NC, Slauterbeck JR, Savage PD, Ades PA, Maughan DW, Beynnon BD, Toth MJ. Chronic disuse and skeletal muscle structure in older adults: Sex-specific differences and relationships to contractile function.
Miller MS, Callahan DM, Toth MJ. Skeletal muscle myofilament adaptations to aging, disease and disuse and their effects on whole muscle performance in older adult humans.
Callahan DM, Bedrin NG, Subramanian M, Berking J, Ades PA, Toth MJ, Miller MS. Age-related structural alterations in human skeletal muscle fibers and mitochondria are sex-specific: Relationship to single-fiber function.
Miller MS, Bedrin NG, Callahan DM, Previs MJ, Jennings II ME, Ades PA, Maughan DW, Palmer BM, Toth MJ. Age-related slowing of myosin actin cross-bridge kinetics is sex specific and predicts decrements in whole skeletal muscle performance in humans.

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