Estimation of instantaneous moment arms of lower-leg muscles

Spoor, C. W.; van Leeuwen, J. L.; Meskers, C. G. M.; Titulaer, A. F.; Huson, A.

Affiliations

¹Department of Biomaterials, School of Medicine, Building 55, University of Leiden, Rijnsburgerweg 10. 2333 AA Leiden. The Netherlands

²Neuroregulation Group, Department of Physiology, Leiden University, The Netherlands

³Department of Anatomy, Leiden University. The Netherlands

Abstract

Muscle moment arms at the human knee and ankle were estimated from muscle length changes measured as a function of joint flexion angle in cadaver specimens. Nearly all lower-leg muscles were studied: extensor digitorum longus, extensor hallucis longus, flexor digitorum longus, flexor hallucis longus, gastrocnemius lateralis, gastrocnemius medialis, peroneus brevis, peroneus longus, peroneus tertius, plantaris, soleus, tibialis anterior, and tibialis posterior. Noise in measured muscle length was filtered by means of quintic splines. Moment arms of the mm. gastrocnemii appear to be much more dependent on joint flexion angles than was generally assumed by other investigators. Some consequences for earlier analyses are mentioned.

Links

DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(90)90382-D

PubMed: 2292604

WoS: A1990EV47500007

History

Revised: 1990-01-1

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