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List of works by Glen A. Lichtwark

A catapult action for rapid limb protraction

scientific article published in Nature

A comparison of two Hill-type skeletal muscle models on the construction of medial gastrocnemius length-tension curves in humans in vivo

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

A compliant tendon increases fatigue resistance and net efficiency during fatiguing cyclic contractions of mouse soleus muscle.

scientific article published on 20 October 2011

A modified Hill muscle model that predicts muscle power output and efficiency during sinusoidal length changes

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Active regulation of longitudinal arch compression and recoil during walking and running.

scientific article published in January 2015

Adaptive recovery responses to repeated forward loss of balance in older adults

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Additional in-series compliance reduces muscle force summation and alters the time course of force relaxation during fixed-end contractions.

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

Automatic tracking of medial gastrocnemius fascicle length during human locomotion

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Commentaries on viewpoint: On the hysteresis in the human Achilles tendon

scientific article published in February 2013

Comparisons of laboratory-based methods to calculate jump height and improvements to the field-based flight-time method

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

Deconstructing the power resistance relationship for squats: A joint-level analysis.

scientific article published on 24 June 2015

Decreased lower limb muscle recruitment contributes to the inability of older adults to recover with a single step following a forward loss of balance

scientific article

Differences in in vivo muscle fascicle and tendinous tissue behavior between the ankle plantarflexors during running.

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

Differential strain patterns of the human Achilles tendon determined in vivo with freehand three-dimensional ultrasound imaging

scientific article published in November 2012

Does ankle joint power reflect type of muscle action of soleus and gastrocnemius during walking in cats and humans?

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Doublet potentiation in the triceps surae is limited by series compliance and dynamic fascicle behavior.

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Effect of altering neural, muscular and tendinous factors associated with aging on balance recovery using the ankle strategy: a simulation study.

scientific article published on 26 June 2008

Effects of cold water immersion and active recovery on hemodynamics and recovery of muscle strength following resistance exercise

scientific article published on 10 June 2015

Effects of muscle activation on shear between human soleus and gastrocnemius muscles.

scientific article published on 8 December 2015

Effects of running on human Achilles tendon length-tension properties in the free and gastrocnemius components

scientific article published on 12 September 2013

Effects of series elastic compliance on muscle force summation and the rate of force rise.

scientific article published on 10 August 2016

Effects of series elasticity and activation conditions on muscle power output and efficiency

scientific article published on 01 August 2005

Fluoroscopic assessment of lumbar total disc replacement kinematics during walking

scientific article published on April 2015

Foot structure is significantly associated to subtalar joint kinetics and mechanical energetics

scientific article published on 21 July 2017

Functional Anaerobic and Strength Training in Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy.

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Functional capacity in adults with cerebral palsy: Lower limb muscle strength matters

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

Gross muscle morphology and structure in spastic cerebral palsy: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 30 April 2010

In vivo behavior of the human soleus muscle with increasing walking and running speeds.

scientific article published on 26 March 2015

In vivo fascicle length measurements via B-mode ultrasound imaging with single vs dual transducer arrangements.

scientific article published on 25 September 2017

In vivo mechanical properties of the human Achilles tendon during one-legged hopping.

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Influence of the windlass mechanism on arch-spring mechanics during dynamic foot arch deformation

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Information from dynamic length changes improves reliability of static ultrasound fascicle length measurements

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

Intensity of activation and timing of deactivation modulate elastic energy storage and release in a pennate muscle and account for gait-specific initiation of limb protraction in the horse

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Interactions between the human gastrocnemius muscle and the Achilles tendon during incline, level and decline locomotion

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Intrinsic foot muscles contribute to elastic energy storage and return in the human foot

scientific article published on 21 November 2018

Intrinsic foot muscles have the capacity to control deformation of the longitudinal arch.

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Is Achilles tendon compliance optimised for maximum muscle efficiency during locomotion?

scientific article published on 13 November 2006

Is muscle-tendon unit length a valid indicator for muscle spindle output?

scientific article published on 10 November 2008

Is the soleus a sentinel muscle for impaired aerobic capacity in heart failure?

scientific article published in March 2015

Lower limb muscle moments and power during recovery from forward loss of balance in male and female single and multiple steppers

scientific article published on 4 August 2012

Lower limb muscle weakness predicts use of a multiple- versus single-step strategy to recover from forward loss of balance in older adults.

scientific article published on 9 August 2012

Mechanisms of adaptation from a multiple to a single step recovery strategy following repeated exposure to forward loss of balance in older adults

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Medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscle-tendon unit, fascicle, and tendon interaction during walking in children with cerebral palsy

scientific article published in April 2017

Medial gastrocnemius muscle fascicle active torque-length and Achilles tendon properties in young adults with spastic cerebral palsy

scientific article published on 03 August 2012

Medial gastrocnemius muscle volume and fascicle length in children aged 2 to 5 years with cerebral palsy

scientific article published on 20 April 2011

Medial gastrocnemius muscle volume in ambulant children with unilateral and bilateral cerebral palsy aged 2 to 9 years

scientific article published on 21 April 2016

Microendoscopy reveals positive correlation in multiscale length changes and variable sarcomere lengths across different regions of human muscle

scientific article published on 13 September 2018

Modeling the two-dimensional accuracy of soccer kicks

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Modulation of the soleus H-reflex during knee rotations is not consistent with muscle fascicle length changes

scientific article published on 11 January 2012

Movement Strategies for Countermovement Jumping are Potentially Influenced by Elastic Energy Stored and Released from Tendons.

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Muscle contributions to recovery from forward loss of balance by stepping

scientific article published on 4 December 2013

Muscle fascicle and series elastic element length changes along the length of the human gastrocnemius during walking and running

scientific article published on 20 December 2005

Muscle fascicle strains in human gastrocnemius during backward downhill walking

scientific article published on 04 April 2013

Muscle growth is reduced in 15-month-old children with cerebral palsy

scientific article published on 28 October 2015

Muscle-tendon length and force affect human tibialis anterior central aponeurosis stiffness in vivo

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Neuromechanical properties of the triceps surae in young and older adults.

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Optimal muscle fascicle length and tendon stiffness for maximising gastrocnemius efficiency during human walking and running

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Passive muscle mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius in young adults with spastic cerebral palsy

scientific article published on July 16, 2011

Protection from Muscle Damage in the Absence of Changes in Muscle Mechanical Behavior

scientific article published on August 2016

Quantification of muscle co-contraction using supersonic shear wave imaging

scientific article published on 31 December 2015

Reactive stepping behaviour in response to forward loss of balance predicts future falls in community-dwelling older adults

scientific article published on 10 June 2014

Reciprocal activation of gastrocnemius and soleus motor units is associated with fascicle length change during knee flexion.

scientific article published on 11 June 2014

Reliability and accuracy of an automated tracking algorithm to measure controlled passive and active muscle fascicle length changes from ultrasound

scientific article published on 11 January 2012

Rise of the tendon research

scientific article published on 01 September 2016

Shoes alter the spring-like function of the human foot during running.

scientific article published on June 2016

Simulating the effect of muscle weakness and contracture on neuromuscular control of normal gait in children.

scientific article published on 12 January 2018

Subtalar Joint Pronation and Energy Absorption Requirements During Walking are Related to Tibialis Posterior Tendinous Tissue Strain

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

The Immediate Effect of Foot Orthoses on Subtalar Joint Mechanics and Energetics

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

The Influence of Foot-Strike Technique on the Neuromechanical Function of the Foot

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

The anatomical arrangement of muscle and tendon enhances limb versatility and locomotor performance

scientific article published on May 27, 2011

The effect of a pre-hop on the muscle-tendon interaction during vertical jumps.

scientific article published on 03 August 2017

The effect of cadence on the muscle-tendon mechanics of the gastrocnemius muscle during walking.

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

The effect of combined functional anaerobic and strength training on treadmill gait kinematics and kinetics in ambulatory young adults with cerebral palsy

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

The effect of muscle-tendon unit vs. fascicle analyses on vastus lateralis force-generating capacity during constant power output cycling with variable cadence.

scientific article published on 4 January 2018

The effects of botulinum toxin injection frequency on calf muscle growth in young children with spastic cerebral palsy: a 12-month prospective study

scientific article published on 18 June 2013

The energetic cost of activation in mouse fast-twitch muscle is the same whether measured using reduced filament overlap or N-benzyl-p-toluenesulphonamide.

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

The functional importance of human foot muscles for bipedal locomotion

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

The influence of added mass on muscle activation and contractile mechanics during submaximal and maximal countermovement jumping in humans

scientific article published on 16 January 2019

The influence of tendon compliance on muscle power output and efficiency during cyclic contractions

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

The mechanical function of the tibialis posterior muscle and its tendon during locomotion

scientific article published on 08 August 2016

The mechanics of mouse skeletal muscle when shortening during relaxation.

scientific article published on 11 May 2007

The mechanism for efficacy of eccentric loading in Achilles tendon injury; an in vivo study in humans

scientific article published on 22 July 2008

The repeated bout effect can occur without mechanical and neuromuscular changes after a bout of eccentric exercise

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

The role of human ankle plantar flexor muscle-tendon interaction and architecture in maximal vertical jumping examined in vivo.

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

The use of ultrasound to study muscle–tendon function in human posture and locomotion

scientific article published on August 19, 2012

Three-dimensional geometrical changes of the human tibialis anterior muscle and its central aponeurosis measured with three-dimensional ultrasound during isometric contractions.

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

Tibialis anterior muscle fascicle dynamics adequately represent postural sway during standing balance.

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UltraTrack: Software for semi-automated tracking of muscle fascicles in sequences of B-mode ultrasound images

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Ultrasound reveals negligible cocontraction during isometric plantar flexion and dorsiflexion despite the presence of antagonist electromyographic activity.

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Validation of a freehand 3D ultrasound system for morphological measures of the medial gastrocnemius muscle

scientific article published on 16 April 2009

Validity and reliability of a simple ultrasound approach to measure medial gastrocnemius muscle length.

scientific article published on 31 March 2011