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How muscles maximize performance in accelerated sprinting by Pandy, Marcus G., Lai, Adrian K. M., Schache, Anthony G., Lin, Yi‐Chung

“…We sought to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how the individual leg muscles act synergistically to generate a ground force impulse and maximize…”
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Late swing or early stance? A narrative review of hamstring injury mechanisms during high‐speed running by Kenneally‐Dabrowski, Claire J. B., Brown, Nicholas A. T., Lai, Adrian K. M., Perriman, Diana, Spratford, Wayne, Serpell, Benjamin G.

“…Hamstring injuries are highly prevalent in many running‐based sports, and predominantly affect the long head of biceps femoris. Re‐injury rates are also high…”
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Lower-limb joint mechanics during maximum acceleration sprinting by Schache, Anthony G, Lai, Adrian K M, Brown, Nicholas A T, Crossley, Kay M, Pandy, Marcus G

“…We explored how humans adjust the stance phase mechanical function of their major lower-limb joints (hip, knee, ankle) during maximum acceleration sprinting…”
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Muscle-specific indices to characterise the functional behaviour of human lower-limb muscles during locomotion by Lai, Adrian K.M., Biewener, Andrew A., Wakeling, James M.

“…The mechanical output of a muscle may be characterised by having distinct functional behaviours, which can shift to satisfy the varying demands of movement,…”
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Lower-limb muscle function is influenced by changing mechanical demands in cycling by Lai, Adrian K M, Dick, Taylor J M, Brown, Nicholas A T, Biewener, Andrew A, Wakeling, James M

“…Although cycling is a seemingly simple, reciprocal task, muscles must adapt their function to satisfy changes in mechanical demands induced by higher crank…”
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Late swing running mechanics influence hamstring injury susceptibility in elite rugby athletes: A prospective exploratory analysis by Kenneally-Dabrowski, Claire, Brown, Nicholas A.T., Warmenhoven, John, Serpell, Benjamin G., Perriman, Diana, Lai, Adrian K.M., Spratford, Wayne

“…Hamstring injuries are one of the most prevalent injuries in rugby union and many other running-based sports, such as track sprinting and soccer. The majority…”
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Hamstring musculotendon mechanics of prospectively injured elite rugby athletes by Kenneally-Dabrowski, Claire, Brown, Nicholas A.T., Serpell, Benjamin G., Perriman, Diana, Spratford, Wayne, Sutherland, Ashlee, Pickering, Mark, Lai, Adrian K.M.

“…The musculotendon mechanics of the hamstrings during high-speed running are thought to relate to injury but have rarely been examined in the context of…”
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Does a two-element muscle model offer advantages when estimating ankle plantar flexor forces during human cycling? by Lai, Adrian K.M., Arnold, Allison S., Biewener, Andrew A., Dick, Taylor J.M., Wakeling, James M.

“…Traditional Hill-type muscle models, parameterized using high-quality experimental data, are often “too weak” to reproduce the joint torques generated by…”
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A retrospective analysis of hamstring injuries in elite rugby athletes: More severe injuries are likely to occur at the distal myofascial junction by Kenneally-Dabrowski, Claire, Serpell, Benjamin G., Spratford, Wayne, Lai, Adrian K.M., Field, Byron, Brown, Nicholas A.T., Thomson, Malcolm, Perriman, Diana

“…To describe the most common hamstring injury scenarios and outcomes in elite rugby union. Retrospective investigation. Hamstring injury data from an elite…”
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Why are Antagonist Muscles Co-activated in My Simulation? A Musculoskeletal Model for Analysing Human Locomotor Tasks by Lai, Adrian K. M., Arnold, Allison S., Wakeling, James M.

“…Existing “off-the-shelf” musculoskeletal models are problematic when simulating movements that involve substantial hip and knee flexion, such as the upstroke…”
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Task-dependent recruitment across ankle extensor muscles and between mechanical demands is driven by the metabolic cost of muscle contraction by Lai, Adrian K M, Dick, Taylor J M, Biewener, Andrew A, Wakeling, James M

“…The nervous system is faced with numerous strategies for recruiting a large number of motor units within and among muscle synergists to produce and control…”
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Does the stimulus provoking a stepping reaction correlate with step characteristics and clinical measures of balance and mobility post-stroke? by Lai, Adrian K.M., Wakeling, James M., Garland, S. Jayne, Hunt, Michael A., Ivanova, Tanya D., Pollock, Courtney L.

“…Retraining stepping reactions in people post-stroke is vital. However, the relationship between the stimulus and resulting stepping performance in people…”
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Metabolic cost underlies task-dependent variations in motor unit recruitment by Lai, Adrian K M, Biewener, Andrew A, Wakeling, James M

“…Mammalian skeletal muscles are comprised of many motor units, each containing a group of muscle fibres that have common contractile properties: these can be…”
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Differences in in vivo muscle fascicle and tendinous tissue behavior between the ankle plantarflexors during running by Lai, A. K. M., Lichtwark, G. A., Schache, A. G., Pandy, M. G.

“…The primary human ankle plantarflexors, soleus (SO), medial gastrocnemius (MG), and lateral gastrocnemius (LG) are typically regarded as synergists and play a…”
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Lower-limb muscle function is influenced by changing mechanical demands in cycling by Lai, Adrian K M, Dick, Taylor J M, Brown, Nicholas A T, Biewener, Andrew A, Wakeling, James M

“…Although cycling is often considered a seemingly simple, reciprocal task, muscles must adapt their function to satisfy changes in mechanical demands induced by…”
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