A novel ex vivo protocol that mimics length and excitation changes of human muscles during walking induces force losses in EDL but not in soleus of mdx mice

• Xiao Hu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Hu, Allison N. McCrady, Katherine E. Bukovec

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9633-1450

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• Allison N. McCrady ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Hu, Allison N. McCrady, Katherine E. Bukovec

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Katherine E. Bukovec ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao Hu, Allison N. McCrady, Katherine E. Bukovec

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Claire Yuan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Emily Y. Miller,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Rachel K. Bour,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Anthony C. Bruce,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Katherine B. Crump,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Shayn M. Peirce,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

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• Robert W. Grange,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise and Metabolism Core, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America

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• Silvia S. Blemker

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ssblemker@virginia.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2019-1153

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