Fortier-Poisson P, Langlais J-S, Smith AM. Correlation of fingertip shear force direction with somatosensory cortical activity in monkey. J Neurophysiol 115: 100–111, 2016. First published October 14, 2015; doi:10.1152/jn.00749.2014.—To examine the activity of somatosensory cortex (S1) neurons to self-generated shear forces on the index and thumb, two monkeys were trained to grasp a stationary ...

Significant SNPs associated with Warner-Bratzler (WB) shear force and sensory traits were confirmed for Hanwoo beef (Korean cattle). A Bonferroni-corrected genome-wide significant association (p<1.3×10(-6)) was detected with only one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on chromosome 5 for WB shear force. A slightly higher number of SNPs was significantly (p<0.001) associated with WB shear forc...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of ankle bracing on knee kinetics and kinematics during volleyball tasks. Fifteen healthy, elite, female volleyball players performed a series of straight-line and lateral volleyball tasks with no brace and when wearing an ankle brace. A 14-camera Vicon motion analysis system and AMTI force plate were used to capture the kinetic and kinematic...

The present experiments were conducted to determine 1) the relationship between shear force and overall tenderness of 10 major beef muscles, 2) the effect of Bos indicus inheritance on the tenderness of various beef muscles, 3) whether differences in tenderness between genotype are affected by method of cookery, and 4) the relationship between tenderness of the longissimus and tenderness of oth...

The objectives of this study were 1) to determine which longissimus thoracis et lumborum steaks were appropriate for slice shear force measurement and 2) to determine the among and within institution variation in LM slice shear force values of 6 institutions after they received expert training on the procedure and a standard kit of equipment. In experiment 1, longissimus thoracis et lumborum mu...

Ruan, M, Zhang, Q, and Wu, X. Acute effects of static stretching of hamstring on performance and anterior cruciate ligament injury risk during stop-jump and cutting tasks in female athletes. J Strength Cond Res 31(5): 1241-1250, 2017-There is limited research investigating antagonist stretch. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of static stretching of hamstrings (SSH) on per...

Using the formula of shear bearing force of oblique cross section in eccentrically loaded column, we analyze the stress acting on short-leg shear wall and conventional eccentrically loaded column. We propose the formula for calculating the shear bearing force of oblique cross section of short-leg shear wall that considers the action of vertical reinforcing steel bars, flange and axial compressi...

Miniature sensors that could measure forces applied by the fingers and hand without interfering with manual dexterity or range of motion would have considerable practical value in ergonomics and rehabilitation. In this study, techniques have been developed to use inexpensive pressure-sensing resistors (FSRs) to accurately measure compression force. The FSRs are converted from pressure-sensing t...

Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (RSA) can be used to measure changes in anterior-posterior (A-P) knee laxity after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Previous measurements of A-P knee laxity using RSA have employed a tibial coordinate system with the origin placed midway between the tips of the tibial-eminences. However, the precision in measuring A-P knee laxity might be ...