Extramuscular myofascial force transmission alters substantially the acute effects of surgical aponeurotomy: Assessment by finite element modeling

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 175-189

  Yucesoy, Can A ^a,b,c   Koopman, Bart H F J M ^c   Grootenboer, Henk J ^c   Huijing, Peter A ^b,c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aponeurotomy; Extramuscular myofascial force transmission; Finite element method; Muscle length force characteristics; Rat extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle; Sarcomere length distributions

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; RATS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EXTRAMUSCULAR MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE LENGTH FORCE CHARACTERISTICS; RAT EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS (EDL) MUSCLE; SARCOMERE LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

RATTUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FASCIA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FASCIA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; SARCOMERES;

EID: 44449098235     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16822978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-007-0084-z     Document Type: Article

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