Huub Maas

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Affiliation: Northwestern University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The effects of self-reinnervation of cat medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles on hindlimb kinematics in slope walking
    Huub Maas
    School of Applied Physiology, Center for Human Movement Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Exp Brain Res 181:377-93. 2007
  2. ncbi Distinct muscle fascicle length changes in feline medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscles during slope walking
    Huub Maas
    School of Applied Physiology, Center for Human Movement Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    J Appl Physiol 106:1169-80. 2009
  3. ncbi Locomotor changes in length and EMG activity of feline medial gastrocnemius muscle following paralysis of two synergists
    Huub Maas
    School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Exp Brain Res 203:681-92. 2010
  4. ncbi Short-term motor compensations to denervation of feline soleus and lateral gastrocnemius result in preservation of ankle mechanical output during locomotion
    Boris I Prilutsky
    Center for Human Movement Studies, School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 0356, USA
    Cells Tissues Organs 193:310-24. 2011
  5. ncbi Intermuscular interaction between synergists in rat originates from both intermuscular and extramuscular myofascial force transmission
    Huub Maas
    Center for Human Movement Studies, School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Cells Tissues Organs 181:38-50. 2005
  6. ncbi Implantable myoelectric sensors (IMESs) for intramuscular electromyogram recording
    Richard F ff Weir
    Biomechatronics Development Laboratory, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 56:159-71. 2009
  7. ncbi Force summation between muscles: are muscles independent actuators?
    Thomas G Sandercock
    Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:184-90. 2009
  8. ncbi Myofascial force transmission in dynamic muscle conditions: effects of dynamic shortening of a single head of multi-tendoned rat extensor digitorum longus muscle
    Huub Maas
    School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 281 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0356, USA
    Eur J Appl Physiol 94:584-92. 2005
  9. ncbi Compartmental fasciotomy and isolating a muscle from neighboring muscles interfere with myofascial force transmission within the rat anterior crural compartment
    Peter A Huijing
    Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Morphol 256:306-21. 2003
  10. ncbi Are skeletal muscles independent actuators? Force transmission from soleus muscle in the cat
    Huub Maas
    Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU Univ Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Appl Physiol 104:1557-67. 2008

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi The effects of self-reinnervation of cat medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles on hindlimb kinematics in slope walking
    Huub Maas
    School of Applied Physiology, Center for Human Movement Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Exp Brain Res 181:377-93. 2007
    ..Full recovery of hindlimb kinematics during level and upslope walking suggests that the proprioceptive loss is compensated by other sensory sources (e.g. cutaneous receptors) or altered central drive...
  2. ncbi Distinct muscle fascicle length changes in feline medial gastrocnemius and soleus muscles during slope walking
    Huub Maas
    School of Applied Physiology, Center for Human Movement Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    J Appl Physiol 106:1169-80. 2009
    ..It was further suggested that the potential role of length feedback from muscle spindles is both task and muscle dependent...
  3. ncbi Locomotor changes in length and EMG activity of feline medial gastrocnemius muscle following paralysis of two synergists
    Huub Maas
    School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Exp Brain Res 203:681-92. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Short-term motor compensations to denervation of feline soleus and lateral gastrocnemius result in preservation of ankle mechanical output during locomotion
    Boris I Prilutsky
    Center for Human Movement Studies, School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 0356, USA
    Cells Tissues Organs 193:310-24. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Intermuscular interaction between synergists in rat originates from both intermuscular and extramuscular myofascial force transmission
    Huub Maas
    Center for Human Movement Studies, School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
    Cells Tissues Organs 181:38-50. 2005
    ..It is concluded that mechanical interaction between synergists originates from both intermuscular as well as extramuscular connective tissues. The highest contribution, however, should be ascribed to the extramuscular pathway...
  6. ncbi Implantable myoelectric sensors (IMESs) for intramuscular electromyogram recording
    Richard F ff Weir
    Biomechatronics Development Laboratory, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 56:159-71. 2009
    ..We have a fully operational system. The system has been tested in animals. Implants have been chronically implanted in the legs of three cats and are still completely operational four months after implantation...
  7. ncbi Force summation between muscles: are muscles independent actuators?
    Thomas G Sandercock
    Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 303 E Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 41:184-90. 2009
    ..In conclusion, despite strong connective tissue linkages, in cat hindlimb synergistic muscles appear to be independent actuators if acting in physiological conditions...
  8. ncbi Myofascial force transmission in dynamic muscle conditions: effects of dynamic shortening of a single head of multi-tendoned rat extensor digitorum longus muscle
    Huub Maas
    School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 281 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0356, USA
    Eur J Appl Physiol 94:584-92. 2005
    ..These results are explained in terms of force transmission between the muscle belly of EDL III and adjacent tissues. Thus, also in dynamic muscle conditions, muscle fiber force is transmitted via myofascial pathways...
  9. ncbi Compartmental fasciotomy and isolating a muscle from neighboring muscles interfere with myofascial force transmission within the rat anterior crural compartment
    Peter A Huijing
    Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Morphol 256:306-21. 2003
    ..It is concluded that extramuscular myofascial force transmission is an important feature of the anterior crural compartment. The magnitude of this force transmission requires that it be considered in analysis of muscular function...
  10. ncbi Are skeletal muscles independent actuators? Force transmission from soleus muscle in the cat
    Huub Maas
    Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU Univ Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Appl Physiol 104:1557-67. 2008
    ..Thus, within the experimental conditions of the present study, the intact cat soleus muscle appears to act mechanically as an independent actuator...
  11. ncbi Muscle force is determined also by muscle relative position: isolated effects
    Huub Maas
    Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 1081 BT, The Netherlands
    J Biomech 37:99-110. 2004
    ..It is concluded that in addition to length, muscle position relative to its surroundings co-determines isometric muscle force...
  12. ncbi Controlled intermittent shortening contractions of a muscle-tendon complex: muscle fibre damage and effects on force transmission from a single head of rat EDL
    Huub Maas
    Instituut voor Fundamentele and Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Muscle Res Cell Motil 26:259-73. 2005
    ..A possible role of myofascial force transmission is discussed...
  13. ncbi The relative position of EDL muscle affects the length of sarcomeres within muscle fibers: experimental results and finite-element modeling
    Huub Maas
    Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Van der Boechorststraat 9, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Biomech Eng 125:745-53. 2003
    ..CONCLUSIONS: It is concluded that forces exerted on a muscle via extramuscular myofascial pathways augment distributions of lengths of sarcomeres within that muscle...
  14. ncbi Mechanisms causing effects of muscle position on proximo-distal muscle force differences in extra-muscular myofascial force transmission
    Can A Yucesoy
    Instituut voor Fundamentele en Toegepaste Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Med Eng Phys 28:214-26. 2006
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  15. ncbi Myofascial force transmission between a single muscle head and adjacent tissues: length effects of head III of rat EDL
    Huub Maas
    Instituut voor Fundamentele en Klinische Bewegingswetenschappen, Faculteit Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Appl Physiol 95:2004-13. 2003
    ..42 N). Therefore, a substantial fraction of this force must originate from sources other than EDL III. It is concluded that myofascial pathways play an important role in force transmission from multitendoned muscles...
  16. ncbi Modeling short-range stiffness of feline lower hindlimb muscles
    Lei Cui
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
    J Biomech 41:1945-52. 2008
    ..Subsequent analyses suggested that these errors might have resulted from differences in the tendon elastic modulus, as compared to the other muscles tested...