Effect of different ankle joint positions on medial gastrocnemius muscle fiber strains during isometric plantarflexion

Abstract Muscle force production is influenced by muscle fiber and aponeurosis architecture. This prospective cohort study utilizes special MR imaging sequences to examine the structure–function in-vivo in the Medial Gastrocnemius (MG) at three-ankle angles (dorsiflexion, plantar flexion—low and hig...

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Main Authors: Brandon T. Cunnane, Usha Sinha, Vadim Malis, Ryan D. Hernandez, Edward Smitaman, Shantanu Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41127-z