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  • Brockett, C., Morgan, D. L. & Proske, U. (2001). Human hamstring muscles adapt to damage from eccentric exercise by changing optimum lengths. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 33, 783-790. (pdf)
  • Morgan, D. L. & Proske, U. (2001). On the Branching of Motoneurones. Muscle and Nerve 24, 372-379. (pdf)
  • Proske, U. & Morgan, D. L. (2001). Muscle damage from eccentric exercise: mechanism, mechanical signs, adaptation and clinical applications. Journal of Physiology 537, 333-345. (pdf)
  • Whitehead, N. P., Weerakkody, N. S., Gregory, J. E., Morgan, D. L. & Proske, U. (2001). Changes in passive tension in humans and animals after eccentric exercise. Journal of Physiology 533, 593-604. (pdf)
  • Whitehead, N. P., Gregory, J. E., Morgan, D. L. & Proske, U. (2001). Passive mechanical properties of the medial gastracnemius muscle of the cat. Journal of Physiology 536, 893-903. (pdf)
  • Wise, A. K., Morgan, D. L., Gregory, J. E. & Proske, U. (2001). Fatigue in mammalian skeletal muscle stimulated under computer control. Journal of Applied Physiology Vol. 90, Issue 1, 189-197, January 2001 (pdf)
  • Gooey, K., Bradfield, O., Talbot, J. A., Morgan, D. L. & Proske, U. (2000). Effects of body orientation, load and vibration on sensing position and movement at the human elbow joint. Experimental Brain Research 133, 340-348. (pdf)
  • Morgan, D. L., Whitehead, N. P., Wise, A. K., Gregory, J. E. & Proske, U. (2000). Tension changes in the cat soleus muscle following slow stretch or shortening of the contracting muscle. Journal of Physiology 522, 503-513. (pdf)
  • Morgan, D. L. & Allen, D. G. (1999). Early events in stretch-induced muscle damage. Journal of Applied Physiology 87, 2007-2115. (pdf)
  • Proske, U. & Morgan, D. L. (1999). Do cross-bridges contribute to the tension during stretch of passive muscle? Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility 20, 433-442.
  • Brown, T. I. H., Huang, Y., Morgan, D. L., Proske, U. & Wise, A. K. (1999). A new strategy for controlling the level of activation in artificially stimulated muscle. IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering 7, 167-173.(pdf)
  • Hadzimahmutovic, Z., Healy, D. L., Tsaltas, J., Lawrence, A. S., Brown, T. I. H. & Flanagan, B. (1999). Gynaecological endoscopy training simulators: a review. Gynaecological Endoscopy Accepted 1998 November
  •  N. P. Whitehead, T. Allen, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1998). Damage to human muscle from eccentric exercise after training with concentric exercise. Journal of Physiology, 512: 615-620 (pdf)
  •  D. R. Claflin, D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1998). The effect of length on the relationship between tension and intracellular [Ca2+] in intact frog skeletal muscle fibres. Journal of Physiology, 508: 179-186. (pdf)
  •  Y. Jiang, M. F. Patterson, D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1998). Basis for late rise in fura 2 R signal reporting [Ca2+]i during relaxation in intact rat ventricular trabeculae. American Journal of Physiology, 274: C1273-C1282.
  •  R. Lynn, J. A. Talbot and D. L. Morgan (1998). Differences in rat skeletal muscles after incline and decline running. Journal of Applied Physiology, 85: 98-104.
  •  D. L. Morgan, R. Lynn, J. A. Talbot, T. Allen and U. Proske (1998). Shifts in the length tension curve immediately following eccentric contractions. Proceedings of the The Third World Congress of Biomechanics: #10912 Session S9 paper 1.
  •  J. A. Talbot and D. L. Morgan (1998). The effects of stretch parameters on eccentric exercise induced damage to toad skeletal muscle. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 19: 237-245.
  •  T. Allen, C. Jones, J. A. Talbot, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1997). Effects of repeated eccentric exercise on the triceps surae muscles of human subjects. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 28(2), 34P
  •  C. Brockett, N. Warren, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1997). A comparison of the effects of concentric versus eccentric exercise on force and position sense at the human elbow joint. Brain Research, 771: 251-258.(.pdf)
  •  D. R. Claflin, R. Vandenboom, D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1997). The duration of the intracellular Ca2+ transient increases with increased sarcomere length in intact frog skeletal muscle fibres. Biophysical Journal: 72(2), A274
  •  Y. Huang, A. K. Wise, D. L. Morgan, T. I. H. Brown and U. Proske (1997). Distributed stimulation of fast twitch muscle using unequal interpulse intervals. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 28(2), 87P
  •  C. Jones, T. Allen, J. A. Talbot, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1997). Changes in the mechanical properties of human and amphibian muscle after eccentric exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, 76: 21-31.
  •  D. L. Morgan, D. R. Claflin and F. J. Julian (1997). The relationship between tension and slowly varying intra-cellular calcium concentration in intact frog skeletal muscle. Journal of Physiology, 500: 177-192.
  •  D. L. Morgan, D. R. Claflin and F. J. Julian (1997). The effect of repeated lengthening contractions on optimum length and Ca2+ signals in frog single fibres. Biophysical Journal: 72(2), A280
  •  T. Allen, R. Lynn and D. L. Morgan (1996). Skeletal muscles' response to imposed eccentric contractions. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 27, 115P
  •  C. Brockett, N. Warren, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1996). Disturbance of proprioception after eccentric exercise. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 27, 177P
  •  T. I. H. Brown, Y. Huang and D. L. Morgan (1996). A programmable stimulator for distributed muscle stimulation. Proceedings of the Engineering and the Physical Sciences in Medicine and Health Conference:
  •  T. I. H. Brown, Y. Huang and D. L. Morgan (1996). The measurement of postural stability in the frail elderly. Proceedings of the Engineering and the Physical Sciences in Medicine and Health Conference:
  •  T. I. H. Brown, Y. Huang and D. L. Morgan (1996). A new strategy for controlling the level of activation in artificially stimulated muscle. Proceedings of the Engineering and the Physical Sciences in Medicine and Health Conference:
  •  R. W. Carr, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1996). Impulse initiation in the mammalian muscle spindle during combined fusimotor stimulation and succinyl choline infusion. Journal of Neurophysiology, 75: 1703-1713.
  •  D. R. Claflin, D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1996). Shortening applied during tension relaxation at long length restores the transient Ca2+ rise in intact frog skeletal muscle fibers. Biophysical Journal: 70, A380
  •  D. L. Morgan, T. I. H. Brown and Y. Huang (1996). A model of distributed muscle stimulation using unequal inputs.
  •  D. L. Morgan, T. I. H. Brown and Y. Huang (1996). A model of distributed muscle stimulation using unequal inputs. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 27, 20P
  •  D. L. Morgan, T. I. H. Brown, U. Proske and Y. Huang (1996). Distributed stimulation of muscle with unequal inputs. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 27, 157P
  •  D. L. Morgan, D. R. Claflin and F. J. Julian (1996). The effects of repeated active stretches on tension generation and myoplasmic calcium in frog single fibres. Journal of Physiology, 497: 665-674.
  •  D. L. Morgan, D. R. Claflin and F. J. Julian (1996). The tension-[Ca2+] relation in intact frog muscle fibers. Biophysical Journal: 70, A380
  •  D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1996). Modelling cooperativity between Ca2+and myosin binding in skeletal muscle. Biophysical Journal: 70, A380
  •  J. A. Talbot and D. L. Morgan (1996). Quantitative analysis of sarcomere non-uniformities in active muscle following a stretch. Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, 17: 261-268.
  •  R. W. Carr, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1995). The combined effects of succinyl choline and fusimotor stimulation on reponses of muscle spindles in the cat soleus muscle. Proceedings of the Australian Neuromuscular Society: 6, 117P
  •  D. L. Morgan, U. Proske, J. A. Talbot, R. Lynn, T. Allen and C. Jones (1995). Non-uniformity of sarcomeres during stretch of active muscle at long lengths. Biophysical Journal: 68, A142
  •  T. Allen, C. Jones, J. A. Talbot, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1994). Training effects of eccentric exercise on triceps surae of human subjects. 60th meeting of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 25, 192P
  •  D. R. Claflin, D. L. Morgan, D. G. Stephenson and F. J. Julian (1994). The intracellular Ca2+ transient and tension in frog skeletal muscle fibres measured with high temporal resolution. Journal of Physiology, 475: 319-325.
  •  D. R. Claflin, D. G. Stephenson, D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1994). The early phase of the decline of the intracellular Ca2+ transient in frog skeletal muscle is not affected by thapsigargin. Biophysical Journal: 66, A301
  •  R. Lynn and D. L. Morgan (1994). Decline running produces more sarcomeres in rat vastus intermedius muscle fibres than incline running. Journal of Applied Physiology, 77: 1439-1444.
  •  D. L. Morgan (1994). An explanation for residual increased tension in striated muscle after stretch during contraction. Experimental Physiology, 79: 831-838.
  •  D. L. Morgan, R. Lynn, S. A. Wood, J. A. Talbot and U. Proske (1994). Sarcomere non-uniformities during lengthening of active muscle. II, 93
  •  J. J. A. Scott, J. E. Gregory, U. Proske and D. L. Morgan (1994). Correlating resting discharge with small signal sensitivity and discharge variablility in primary endings of cat soleus muscle spindles. Journal of Neurophysiology, 71: 309-316.
  •  J. A. Talbot and D. L. Morgan (1994). Histological changes in toad skeletal muscle following a single eccentric contraction. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 25, 101P
  •  A. Taylor, D. L. Morgan, J. E. Gregory and U. Proske (1994). The responses of secondary endings of cat soleus muscle spindles to succinyl choline. Experimental Brain Research, 100: 58-66.
  •  S. A. Wood, D. L. Morgan, J. E. Gregory and U. Proske (1994). Fusimotor activity and the tendon jerk in the anaesthetised cat. Experimental Brain Research, 98: 101-109.
  •  T. Yamamoto, D. L. Morgan, J. E. Gregory and U. Proske (1994). Neuromuscular block of fusimotor junctions of cat muscle spindles. Japanese Journal of Physiology: 44 Supplement 1, S137
  •  T. Yamamoto, D. L. Morgan, J. E. Gregory and U. Proske (1994). Blockade of intrafusal neuromuscular junctions of cat muscle spindles with gallamine. Experimental Physiology, 79: 365-376.
  •  D. L. Morgan (1993). The mechanics of eccentric exercise, and the mechanism for injury and adaptation. International Union of Physiological Sciences: 75.2/O
  •  U. Proske, D. L. Morgan and J. E. Gregory (1993). Thixotropy in skeletal muscle and in muscle spindles: a review. Progress in Neurobiology, 41: 705-721.
  •  J. A. Talbot and D. L. Morgan (1993). Length dependence of mechanical changes in toad skeletal muscle following eccentric contractions. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society: 24, 132P
  •  S. A. Wood, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1993). Effects of repeated eccentric contractions on structure and mechanical properties of toad sartorius muscle. American Journal of Physiology, 265: C792-C800.
  •  D. R. Claflin, D. L. Morgan, D. G. Stephenson and F. J. Julian (1992). The relationship between tension and the intracellular Ca2+ transient reported by Mag-fura-2 in frog skeletal muscle fibers. Biophysical Society: 61, A293
  •  J. E. Gregory, D. L. Morgan, U. Proske and J. J. A. Scott (1992). Small signal sensitivity of muscle spindle primary endings in the anaesthetised cat. 452, 290P
  •  F. J. Julian, D. R. Claflin, D. L. Morgan and D. G. Stephenson (1992). Evidence for positive feedback between tension relaxation and Ca2+ release from regulatory sites in intact frog skeletal muscle fibers. Biophysical Society: 61, A294
  •  D. L. Morgan (1992). Intersarcomere dynamics during stretch of active muscle. Society for experimental biology: 33
  •  D. L. Morgan, S. Ng, J. E. Gregory and U. Proske (1992). Measuring the compliance of intact tendons: a comparison of methods. Society for experimental biology: 37
  •  U. Proske, D. L. Morgan and J. E. Gregory (1992). Muscle history dependence of responses of cat soleus muscle spindles to slow stretches. Journal of Physiology, 445: 81-95.
  •  U. Proske, D. L. Morgan, J. E. Gregory, B. I. Polus and A. Patak (1992). The resting discharge in muscle spindles and its significance for spinal reflex action. Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society, 23: 51-58.
  •  D. R. Claflin, D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1991). Length-tension relations during shortening of tibialis anterior and semitendinosus muscle fibers of the frog. Biophysical Society: 59, 48a
  •  J. E. Gregory, D. L. Morgan and U. Proske (1991). Two kinds of resting discharge in cat muscle spindles. Journal of Neurophysiology, 66: 602&endash;612.
  •  D. L. Morgan, D. R. Claflin and F. J. Julian (1991). Tension as a function of sarcomere length and velocity of shortening in single skeletal muscle fibres of the frog. Journal of Physiology, 441: 719-732.
  •  D. L. Morgan and J. D. Harry (1991). Reply to J E Morel's letter to the editor. Biophysical Journal, 60: 292.
  •  D. L. Morgan, U. Proske and J. E. Gregory (1991). Responses of primary endings of cat muscle spindles to locally applied vibration. Experimental Brain Research, 87: 530-536.
  •  U. Proske, J. E. Gregory and D. L. Morgan (1991). Where in the muscle spindle is the resting discharge generated. Experimental Physiology, 76: 777-786.
  •  J. J. A. Scott, J. E. Gregory, D. L. Morgan, U. Proske and J. J. A. Scott (1991). Small signal sensitivity of primary endings of cat muscle spindles. A.P.P.S.: 22, 89P
  •  D. R. Claflin, D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1990). The length-tension relation of skeletal muscle during shortening. Biophysical Society: 57, 548a
  •  D. R. Claflin, D. L. Morgan and F. J. Julian (1990). Earliest mechanical evidence of cross-bridge activity after stimulation of single skeletal muscle fibers. Biophysical Journal, 57: 425-432.
  •  J. E. Gregory, R. F. Mark, D. L. Morgan, A. Patak, B. I. Polus and U. Proske (1990). Effects of muscle history on the stretch reflex in cat and man. Journal of Physiology, 424: 93-107.
  •  J. D. Harry, A. W. Ward, N. C. Heglund, D. L. Morgan and T. A. McMahon (1990). Crossbridge cycling theories cannot explain high-speed lengthening behavior in frog muscle. Biophysical Journal, 57: 201-208.
  •  D. L. Morgan (1990). New insights into the behavior of muscle during active lengthening. Biophysical Journal, 57: 209-221.
  •  D. L. Morgan, D. R. Claflin and F. J. Julian (1990). Tension in frog single muscle fibers while shortening actively and passively at speeds near Vu. Biophysical Journal, 57: 1001-1007.