Observational studyPeerJ2025
The effects of soleus fascicle length on muscle fatigability.
Observational study in PeerJ, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- The neuromechanics of the soleus for fall prevention in aging.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: Age-related deficits in Achilles tendon stiffness have been linked to shorter calf muscle operating lengths. These shorter lengths have the potential to precipitate higher requisite excitations and thereby an earlier onset of local fatigability in older adults. However, the connection between calf muscle operating lengths and muscle fatigability has yet to be systematically explored, even in healthy younger adults. Thus, the goal of this study was to establish a mechanistic pathway between soleus fascicle length, prescribed herein using changes in ankle joint angle, and muscle fatigue in a cohort of younger adults. Methods: Participants performed repeated fixed-end calf muscle contractions to task failure in a computerized robotic dynamometer at two ankle joint angles to prescribe relatively shorter ( Results: On average, moving from DF15 to PF15 elicited 14% shorter muscle fascicle lengths, a roughly two-fold higher EMG rms amplitude, significant but modest reductions in EMG median frequency, and a 60% reduction in time to task failure (
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