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Samuel R. Ward, PT, PhD

University of California San Diego
Verified email at health.ucsd.edu
Cited by 12489

Skeletal muscle design to meet functional demands

RL Lieber, SR Ward - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Skeletal muscles are length-and velocity-sensitive force producers, constructed of a vast
array of sarcomeres. Muscles come in a variety of sizes and shapes to accomplish a wide …

Cellular mechanisms of tissue fibrosis. 4. Structural and functional consequences of skeletal muscle fibrosis

RL Lieber, SR Ward - American Journal of Physiology-Cell …, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Skeletal muscle fibrosis can be a devastating clinical problem that arises from many causes,
including primary skeletal muscle tissue diseases, as seen in the muscular dystrophies, or it …

Why do worms need cholesterol?

TV Kurzchalia, S Ward - Nature cell biology, 2003 - nature.com
Cholesterol is a structural component of animal membranes that influences fluidity,
permeability and formation of lipid microdomains. It is also a precursor to signalling …

A model of the lower limb for analysis of human movement

EM Arnold, SR Ward, RL Lieber, SL Delp - Annals of biomedical …, 2010 - Springer
Computer models that estimate the force generation capacity of lower limb muscles have
become widely used to simulate the effects of musculoskeletal surgeries and create dynamic …

Electron microscopical reconstruction of the anterior sensory anatomy of the nematode caenorhabditis elegans

S Ward, N Thomson, JG White… - Journal of Comparative …, 1975 - Wiley Online Library
The complete structure of the anterior sensory nervous system of the small nematode C.
elegans has been determined by reconstruction from serial section electronmicrographs …

Are current measurements of lower extremity muscle architecture accurate?

SR Ward, CM Eng, LH Smallwood… - Clinical orthopaedics and …, 2009 - Springer
Skeletal muscle architecture is defined as the arrangement of fibers in a muscle and
functionally defines performance capacity. Architectural values are used to model muscle …

Chemotaxis by the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: Identification of Attractants and Analysis of the Response by Use of Mutants

S Ward - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1973 - National Acad Sciences
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is attracted by at least four classes of attractants: by
cyclic nucleotides, cAMP and cGMP; by anions, Cl-, Br-, I-; by cations, Na+, Li+, K+, Mg+; …

[PDF][PDF] A global profile of germline gene expression in C. elegans

V Reinke, HE Smith, J Nance, J Wang, C Van Doren… - Molecular cell, 2000 - cell.com
We used DNA microarrays to profile gene expression patterns in the C. elegans germline
and identified 1416 germline-enriched transcripts that define three groups. The sperm …

Atrial fibrillation in the setting of acute myocardial infarction: the GUSTO-I experience

BS Crenshaw, SR Ward, CB Granger… - Journal of the American …, 1997 - jacc.org
Objectives. We examined the clinical predictors and angiographic and clinical outcomes
associated with atrial fibrillation in the setting of acute myocardial infarction (MI) …

Fertilization and sperm competition in the nematodeCaenorhabditis elegans

S Ward, JS Carrel - Developmental biology, 1979 - Elsevier
The process of fertilization by hermaphrodite and male sperm is described. In the
hermaphrodite fertilization occurs in the spermatheca by the first sperm to contact the oocyte …