Assessment by finite element modeling indicates that surgical intramuscular aponeurotomy performed closer to the tendon enhances intended acute effects in extramuscularly connected muscle

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Yucesoy, Can A ^a,b   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; Location of intervention; Muscle length force characteristics; Sarcomere length distributions

Indexed keywords

APONEUROTOMY; EXTRAMUSCULAR MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; FORCE CHARACTERISTICS; MYOFASCIAL FORCE TRANSMISSION; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOCATION; MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; TENDONS;

MUSCLE;

APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; RAT; SARCOMERE; TENDON SURGERY; ANIMAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RATS; SARCOMERES; TENDONS;

EID: 63449084088     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3005156     Document Type: Article

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