ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2023
Passive muscle stiffness is correlated with the intramuscular adipose tissue in young individuals.
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- Elucidation of Architectural and Compositional Factors Associated With Inter-Individual Variability in Passive Shear Modulus of the Human Vastus Lateralis in Young Healthy Males.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Article
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- Strain-based biomarkers at the skin surface differentiate asymmetries in soft tissue mobility associated with myofascial pain.Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials · 2025Article
- The effects of myosteatosis on skeletal muscle function in older adults.Physiological reports · 2024Review
- Gender differences on effects of forearm rotation on compressive stiffness of flexor carpi ulnaris during submaximal handgrip contractions.Journal of anatomy · 2023Article
- Changes in echo intensity of the gastrocnemius muscle with passive ankle dorsiflexion: can echo intensity be used to assess muscle elongation?Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Which muscles exhibit increased stiffness in people with chronic neck pain? A systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
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Abstract
purposeWe investigated the relationship between intramuscular adipose tissue (IntraMAT) and muscle stiffness (passive and mechanical) and lengthening in young individuals, hypothesizing that (1) passive muscle stiffness is negatively correlated with the IntraMAT content, and (2) the IntraMAT content is negatively correlated with mechanical changes in muscle stiffness and fascicle length during passive dorsiflexion.
methodsTwenty men and women (20.3 ± 1.3 years) participated in this study. Axial T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging was performed at the thickest point of the medial gastrocnemius (MG) to measure the IntraMAT cross-sectional area (CSA) and muscle tissue CSA (units; cm
resultsThere was a relationship between IntraMAT CSA and absolute SWV at DF15 (r = - 0.47, P < 0.05). Further, a relationship was observed between IntraMAT CSA and change in SWV and fascicle length from NP to DF15 (r = - 0.47 and r = 0.59, P < 0.05); whereas no relationship was observed between changes in fascicle length and muscle SWV (r = - 0.23, P = 0.33).
conclusionThese results may indicate biomechanical and/or physiological associations between IntraMAT CSA and passive muscle stiffness.
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