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dc.contributor.authorLichtwark, G.
dc.contributor.authorBougoulias, K.
dc.contributor.authorWilson, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:22:07Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:22:07Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2009-11-02T05:19:22Z
dc.identifier.issn00219290
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.035
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/17222
dc.description.abstractUltrasound imaging has recently been used to distinguish the length changes of muscle fascicles from those of the whole muscle tendon complex during real life movements. The complicated three-dimensional architecture of pennate muscles can however cause heterogeneity in the length changes along the length of a muscle. Here we use ultrasonography to examine muscle fascicle length and pennation angle changes at proximal, distal and midbelly sites of the human gastrocnemius medialis (GM) muscle during walking (4.5 km/h) and running (7.5 km/h) on a treadmill. The results of this study have shown that muscle fascicles perform the same actions along the length of the human GM muscle during locomotion. However the distal fascicles tend to shorten more and act at greater pennation angles than the more proximal fascicles. Muscle fascicles acted relatively isometrically during the stance phase during walking, however during running the fascicles shortened throughout the stance phase, which corresponded to an increase in the strain of the series elastic elements (SEEs) (consisting of the Achilles tendon and aponeurosis). Measurement of the fascicle length changes at the midbelly level provided a good approximation of the average fascicle length changes across the length of the muscle. The compliance of the SEE allows the muscle fascicles to shorten at a much slower speed, more concomitant with their optimal speed for maximal power output and efficiency, with high velocity shortening during take off in both walking and running achieved by recoil of the SEE.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPergamon Press
dc.publisher.placeOxford, UK
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.jbiomech.com/home
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom157
dc.relation.ispartofpageto164
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Biomechanics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical Engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMechanical Engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman Movement and Sports Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0903
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode0913
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1106
dc.titleMuscle fascicle and series elastic element length changes along the length of the human gastrocnemius during walking and running
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2007 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2007
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gro.griffith.authorLichtwark, Glen A.


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