The journal of Sports and Sciences will now require mandatory sample size estimation and justification www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This is an excellent step that will improve scientific papers. I expect many other journals will follow.

New publication on #muscle stretch-shortening cycles. Elst et al. (2025). Eur J Physiol rdcu.be/elxuN @neuromechahnics.bsky.social , @myoblue.bsky.social

A passive upper-limb exoskeleton effectively reduces shoulder muscle activity over a large shoulder workspace https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.26.640421v1

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Important Announcement! The deadline for abstract submissions to the ISB Congress 2025 has been extended to February 14th, 2025! Spread the word—and let’s get those abstracts submitted! www.isb2025.com

📢 Paper alert! 🚨 Do you use ultrasound imaging to look at muscle architecture changes during movement? Then UltraTimTrack is for you! We leveraged the benefits of its predecessors, UltraTrack + TimTrack, to enable automatic, objective, and accurate fascicle tracking: peerj.com/articles/cs-...

Some of the big news we report: "...suggesting that upon activation, [I-band] titin stiffness increased ~2.2 to 3.1 times compared to the passive state" #MyoBlue

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After a long process, I will soon have a paper out at PNAS that explores the molecular mechanisms of residual force enhancement using some cool mouse models and small-angle Xray diffraction. It is not just about titin-based forces, per se, but they run the show 😎. Details OTW #titin #MuscleScience

Latest work from Brent Raiteri out in J Physiol! Residual force depression is NOT accurately predicted by muscle work (as usually assumed) but rather by the number of active muscle fibres during shortening. Funded by @dfg_public. Check out the OA-link: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...