ArticleJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)2022
Shorter muscle fascicle operating lengths increase the metabolic cost of cyclic force production.
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Abstract
During locomotion, force-producing limb muscles are predominantly responsible for an animal's whole body metabolic energy expenditure. Animals can change the length of their force-producing muscle fascicles by altering body posture (e.g., joint angles), the structural properties of their biological tissues over time (e.g., tendon stiffness), or the body's kinetics (e.g., body weight). Currently, it is uncertain whether relative muscle fascicle operating lengths have a measurable effect on the metabolic energy expended during cyclic locomotion-like contractions. To address this uncertainty, we quantified the metabolic energy expenditure of human participants, as they cyclically produced two distinct ankle moments at three ankle angles (90°, 105°, and 120°) on a fixed-position dynamometer using their soleus. Overall, increasing participant ankle angle from 90° to 120° (more plantar flexion) reduced minimum soleus fascicle length by 17% (both moment levels,
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