Published January 1, 2011 | Version v1
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Effects of knee joint angle on global and local strains within human triceps surae muscle: MRI analysis indicating in vivo myofascial force transmission between synergistic muscles

  • 1. Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Res Inst Move, Fac Bewegingswetenschappen, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 2. Bogazici Univ, Inst Biomed Engn, Istanbul, Turkey

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Purpose Mechanical interactions between muscles have been shown for in situ conditions. In vivo data for humans is unavailable. Global and local length changes of calf muscles were studied to test the hypothesis that local strains may occur also within muscle for which global strain equals zero.

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