Background Most data on the architecture of the human soleus muscle have been obtained
from cadaveric dissection or two-dimensional ultrasound imaging. We present the first …

The orientation of muscle fibers influences the physiological cross-sectional area, the
relationship between fiber shortening and aponeurosis shear, and the total force produced …

The soleus is an important plantarflexor muscle with complex fascicle and connective tissue
arrangement. In this study we created an image-based finite element model representing the …

This article investigates how the internal structure of muscle and its relationship with tendon
and even skeletal structures influence the translation of muscle fiber contractions into …

The purpose of this study was to visualize and document the architecture of the human
soleus muscle throughout its entire volume. The architecture was visualized by creating a …

It is becoming increasingly apparent that precise knowledge of the anatomic features of
muscle, aponeurosis, and tendons is necessary for understanding how a muscle-tendon …

Despite the functional importance of the human quadriceps femoris in movements such as
running, jumping, lifting and climbing, and the known effects of muscle architecture on …

In the last decade, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been used increasingly to investigate
three‐dimensional (3 D) muscle architectures. So far there is no study that has proved the …

This review, the first in a series of minireviews on the passive mechanical properties of
skeletal muscles, seeks to summarize what is known about the muscle deformations that …

'Gold standard'reference sets of human muscle architecture are based on elderly cadaveric
specimens, which are unlikely to be representative of a large proportion of the human …