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The Positive Effects of Negative Work: Increased Muscle Strength and Decreased Fall Risk in a Frail Elderly Population by LaStayo, Paul C., Ewy, Gordon A., Pierotti, David D., Johns, Richard K., Lindstedt, Stan

“…Background. The objective of this study was to determine if a chronic eccentric training intervention, i.e., negative work, could limit or even reverse…”
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Eccentric ergometry: increases in locomotor muscle size and strength at low training intensities by LaStayo, P C, Pierotti, D J, Pifer, J, Hoppeler, H, Lindstedt, S L

“…Lengthening (eccentric) muscle contractions are characterized by several unusual properties that may result in unique skeletal muscle adaptations. In…”
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Is the spring quality of muscle plastic? by Reich, T E, Lindstedt, S L, LaStayo, P C, Pierotti, D J

“…During locomotion, major muscle groups are often activated cyclically. This alternate stretch-shorten pattern of activity could enable muscle to function as a…”
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Global classical solutions for a free-boundary problem modeling combustion of solid propellants by Pierotti, D., Verri, M.

“…We study a free-boundary problem for the heat equation in one space dimension, describing the burning of a semi-infinite adiabatic solid propellant subjected…”
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EMG patterns of rat ankle extensors and flexors during treadmill locomotion and swimming by Roy, R R, Hutchison, D L, Pierotti, D J, Hodgson, J A, Edgerton, V R

“…Intramuscular electromyography (EMG) was used to determine and compare the recruitment patterns of the rat soleus (Sol), tibialis anterior (TA), and a deep and…”
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A transcutaneous wire interface for small mammals using an expanded PTFE patch by Schaeffer, P.J., Pierotti, D.J.

“…The objective of this paper is to provide the reader with a method of surgical implantation of a transcutaneous wire interface for chronic instrumentation of…”
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Interactive effects of growth hormone and exercise on muscle mass in suspended rats by Grindeland, R E, Roy, R R, Edgerton, V R, Grossman, E J, Mukku, V R, Jiang, B, Pierotti, D J, Rudolph, I

“…Measures to attenuate muscle atrophy in rats in response to stimulated microgravity [hindlimb suspension (HS)] have been only partially successful. In the…”
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Mechanical and morphological properties of chronically inactive cat tibialis anterior motor units by D J Pierotti, R R Roy, S C Bodine-Fowler, J A Hodgson, V R Edgerton

“…1. The lumbar spinal cord was functionally isolated in ten cats by cord transection at the junctions of segments T12-T13 and L7-S1 and cutting bilaterally all…”
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Evidence of incomplete neural control of motor unit properties in cat tibialis anterior after self-reinnervation by Unguez, G A, Bodine‐Fowler, S, Roy, R R, Pierotti, D J, Edgerton, V R

“…1. The mechanical, morphological and biochemical properties of single motor units from the anterior compartment of the tibialis anterior muscle in adult cats…”
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Further evidence of incomplete neural control of muscle properties in cat tibialis anterior motor units by Unguez, G A, Roy, R R, Pierotti, D J, Bodine-Fowler, S, Edgerton, V R

“…To examine the influence of a motoneuron in maintaining the phenotype of the muscle fibers it innervates, myosin heavy chain (MHC) expression, succinate…”
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The exponential of the two-dimensional massless scalar field as an infrared Jaffe field by PIEROTTI, D

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Intermittency in stochastically perturbed turbulent models by Biferale, L., Cencini, M., Pierotti, D., Vulpiani, A.

“…Random dynamical models obtained as a perturbation of the GOY (Gledzer-Ohkitani-Yamada) shell model for three-dimensional turbulence are defined. Both static…”
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Electromyographic activity of cat hindlimb flexors and extensors during locomotion at varying speeds and inclines by Pierotti, D J, Roy, R R, Gregor, R J, Edgerton, V R

“…Electromyographic activity (EMG) was used to determine how hindlimb muscle activation patterns are modified as speed and incline of locomotion are varied in…”
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Myosin heavy chain mRNA and protein expression in single fibers of the rat soleus following reinnervation by Bodine, Sue C, Pierotti, David J

“…Myosin heavy chain (MHC) expression is regulated by many factors including neural input. To gain a better understanding of myosin transformation following…”
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Fibre size and type adaptations to spinal isolation and cyclical passive stretch in cat hindlimb by ROY, R. R, PIEROTTI, D. J, FLORES, V, RUDOLPH, W, EDGERTON, V.R

“…Impulse activity is known to have a strong influence in determining the characteristics that distinguish skeletal muscle fibres into types. The control of…”
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Level of independence of motor unit properties from neuromuscular activity by Pierotti, D J, Roy, R R, Hodgson, J A, Edgerton, V R

“…Neuromuscular activity was eliminated in the tibialis anterior muscle of adult cats for 6 months by spinal isolation (SI), i.e., complete spinal cord…”
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Cyclical passive stretch influences the mechanical properties of the inactive cat soleus by Roy, R R, Pierotti, D J, Baldwin, K M, Zhong, H, Hodgson, J A, Edgerton, V R

“…The effects of cyclical, passive manipulation (PM, 30 min day(-1), 5 days week(-1) for 6 months) mimicking the length excursions observed during stepping on…”
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MHEALTH: PERSONALIZED BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT AGING IN PLACE by Adams, A, Komsky, J, Kumar, R, Berry, C, Childs, D, Pierotti, D, Rogers, W

“…Caregiving for persons living with dementia (PWD) at home presents poorly understood challenges, great economic burden, and the potential for technology to…”
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On the Neumann-Kelvin Problem in Bounded Domains by Pagani, C.D., Pierotti, D.

“…A theorem on unique solvability for an elliptic problem in a polygonal domain with a second-order boundary condition on part of the boundary is proved. The…”
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Spinal cord injury and contractile properties of the human tibialis anterior by Krieger, Sabine R, Pierotti, David J, Coast, J Richard

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate contractile properties of the tibialis anterior of paralyzed and non-paralyzed subjects. The contractile properties…”
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