Skeletal muscle gets some help down the stretch
JGP study (Woods et al. https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202413679) suggests that stretch activation of fast-contracting skeletal muscle fibers might increase muscle endurance by boosting force production during fatigue.
Authors
- Ben Short (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7899-7881)
Institutions
- New York University Press (US)
- Rockefeller University Press (US)
- Rockefeller University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of General Physiology
- Published
- 2025-08-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.202513866
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.67