NEGATIVE STRAIN IN THE SOLEUS POSTERIOR APONEUROSIS DURING HUMAN VOLUNTARY ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION

Authors

  • Hae-Dong Lee
  • Dongsuk Shin
  • Sinyeob Ahn
  • Reggie V. Edgerton
  • Shantanu Sinha

Keywords:

Skeletal muscle, Aponeurosis, In-vivo, Strain, Magnetic resonance image

Abstract

Aponeurosis in a pennate muscle has been modelled as an in-series structure (3) with homogeneous elasticity along the length of the muscle. Therefore, one can readily assume that muscle and aponeurosis sustain forces in the same proportion and thus, aponeurosis strain (L/L0) is homogeneous. This study aimed to investigate force-elongation (strain) characteristics of aponeurosis in in-vivo human soleus during voluntary contraction.

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Published

2007-12-12

Issue

25 International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports (2007)

Section

Muscle-Skeleton-Mechanics

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