Ricerc@Sapienza

Objectives The myotendinous junction (MTJ) represents a specialized anatomic region through which the contractile strength is transmitted from the muscle to the tendon. The integrity of this region is essential to permit force transmission and to optimize energy expenditure during walking, running, and globally for human movement. We evaluated the MTJ with shear wave elastography to assess its elasticity variation during a functional test.Methods Forty professional soccer players were enrolled in the study.

This note presents the results of constant-volume equivalent-undrained cyclic simple shear tests performed on saturated natural silty soils obtained from two different locations in the Kathmandu valley (Nepal) and characterized by different plasticity. Two simple shear devices were employed: the DSDSS (Double Specimen Cyclic Simple Shear) device and a modified NGI-type DSS device. The above two types of tests complemented each other and jointly covered a wide range of cyclic shear strains amplitudes. Nonlinear soil behavior (i.e.

During embryonic morphogenesis, the heart undergoes a complex series of cellular phenotypic maturations (e.g. transition of myocytes from proliferative to quiescent or maturation of the contractile apparatus), and this involves stiffening of the extracellular matrix acting in concert with morphogenetic signals. The maladaptive remodelling of the myocardium, one of the processes involved in determination of heart failure, also involve mechanical cues, with a progressive stiffening of the tissue that produces cellular mechanical damage, inflammation and ultimately myocardial fibrosis.