ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018
Muscle-tendon length and force affect human tibialis anterior central aponeurosis stiffness in vivo.
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Abstract
The factors that drive variable aponeurosis behaviors in active versus passive muscle may alter the longitudinal stiffness of the aponeurosis during contraction, which may change the fascicle strains for a given muscle force. However, it remains unknown whether these factors can drive variable aponeurosis behaviors across different muscle-tendon unit (MTU) lengths and influence the subsequent fascicle strains during contraction. Here, we used ultrasound and elastography techniques to examine in vivo muscle fascicle behavior and central aponeurosis deformations of human tibialis anterior (TA) during force-matched voluntary isometric dorsiflexion contractions at three MTU lengths. We found that increases in TA MTU length increased both the length and apparent longitudinal stiffness of the central aponeurosis at low and moderate muscle forces (
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