Contractility

Regulation of C2C12 Differentiation and Control of the Beating Dynamics of Contractile Cells for a Muscle-Driven Biosyncretic Crawler by Electrical Stimulation

Lianqing Liu, Chuang Zhang, Wenxue Wang, Ning Xi, Yuechao Wang

Citations: 46 • 2018

Contractile Performance and Controllability of Insect Muscle-Powered Bioactuator with Different Stimulation Strategies for Soft Robotics

Kaoru UESUGI, K. Shimizu, Yoshitake Akiyama, Takayuki Hoshino, Kikuo Iwabuchi, Keisuke Morishima

Citations: 45 • 2016

Trajectory of coronary motion and its significance in robotic motion cancellation☆

Philippe C. Cattin, Hitendu Dave, Jürg Grünenfelder, Gábor Székely, Marko Turina, Gregor Zünd

Citations: 43 • 2004

Active cytoskeletal composites display emergent tunable contractility and restructuring

Gloria Lee, Gregor Leech, Pancy Lwin, Jonathan Michel, Christopher Currie, Michael J. Rust, Jennifer L. Ross, Ryan McGorty, Moumita Das, Rae M. Robertson‐Anderson

Citations: 32 • 2021

Dynamic Model for Characterizing Contractile Behaviors and Mechanical Properties of a Cardiomyocyte

Chuang Zhang, Wenxue Wang, Wenhui He, Ning Xi, Yuechao Wang, Lianqing Liu

Citations: 30 • 2018

High-Throughput Measurements of Hydrogel Tissue Construct Mechanics

J. Pablo Marquez, Wesley R. Legant, Vy Lam, Amy Cayemberg, Elliot Elson, Tetsuro Wakatsuki

Citations: 25 • 2009

Multidirectional Filamented Light Biofabrication Creates Aligned and Contractile Cardiac Tissues

Lewis S. Jones, Miriam Filippi, Mike Y. Michelis, Aiste Balciunaite, Öncay Yaşa, Gal Aviel, Maria Narciso, Susanne Freedrich, Melanie Generali, Eldad Tzahor, Robert K. Katzschmann

Citations: 13 • 2024

Contractile and Tensile Measurement of Molecular Artificial Muscles for Biohybrid Robotics

Yingzhe Wang, Kaoru UESUGI, T. Nitta, Y. Hiratsuka, Keisuke Morishima

Citations: 10 • 2024

Engineered Muscle Actuators: Cells and Tissues

Robert G. Dennis, Hugh Herr, Kevin Kit Parker, Lisa M. Larkin, Ellen M. Arruda, Keith Baar

Citations: 10 • 2007

A forward-engineered, muscle-driven soft robotic swimmer

William Cartwright Drennan, Onur Aydin, Bashar Emon, Zhengwei Li, Md Saddam Hossain Joy, Alexandra Barishman, Dina L. Denham, M. Taher A. Saif

Citations: 7 • 2025

Smoking Cessation Reverses Arterial Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation Injury

Bradley W. Mays, Timothy Ripple, Mark T. Eginton, Gary R. Seabrook, Robert A. Cambria, Jonathan B. Towne, Julie A. Freischlag

Citations: 6 • 1998

Treating obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—what's best, what's next?

Joseph A. Dearani, Michael J. Ackerman

Citations: 4 • 2016

Prognosis of lower urinary tract symptoms and function after robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy in patients with preoperative low bladder contractility: A prospective, observational study

Junya Hata, Kanako Matsuoka, Hidenori Akaihata, Kei Yaginuma, Satoru Meguro, Seiji Hoshi, Tomoyuki Koguchi, Yuichi Sato, Masao Kataoka, Soichiro Ogawa, Motohide Uemura, Yoshiyuki Kojima

Citations: 2 • 2024

Modeling and analysis of living beating cardiomyocyte in sub-cell scale

Chuang Zhang, Wenxue Wang, Ning Xi, Yuechao Wang, Lianqing Liu

Citations: 1 • 2017