A research assistant, Dr. Atsuki Fukutani with cooperation of a graduate student, Jun Misaki and Prof. Tadao Isaka published an original article in Royal Society Open Science. This study confirmed that force enhancement by stretch-shortening cycle would be caused by elastic energy stored in the crossbridges and titin. Elucidating the precise mechanism(s) of force enhancement by stretch-shortening cycle would contribute to developing effective methods to utilize stretch-shortening cycle.

Fukutani A, Misaki J, Isaka T. (2017). Both the elongation of attached crossbridges and residual force enhancement contribute to joint torque enhancement by the stretch-shortening cycle. Royal Society Open Science, 4: 161036

doi: 10.1098/rsos.161036.