Local architecture of the vastus intermedius is a better predictor of knee extension force than that of the other quadriceps femoris muscle heads

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 376-382

  Ando, Ryosuke ^a   Saito, Akira ^a,b   Umemura, Yoshihisa ^c   Akima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fascicle length; Knee extensor strength; Muscle thickness; Pennation angle; Quadriceps femoris; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FASCICLE LENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE EXTENSION FORCE; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PENNATION ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASTUS INTERMEDIUS MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84938202153     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cpf.12173     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Akima H, Saito A. Activation of quadriceps femoris including vastus intermedius during fatiguing dynamic knee extensions. Eur J Appl Physiol (2013a); 113: 2829-2840.
2. Akima H, Saito A. Inverse activation between the deeper vastus intermedius and superficial muscles in the quadriceps during dynamic knee extensions. Muscle Nerve (2013b); 47: 682-690.
3. Akima H, Ushiyama J, Kubo J, Fukuoka H, Kanehisa H, Fukunaga T. Effect of unloading on muscle volume with and without resistance training. Acta Astronaut (2007); 60: 728-736.
4. Akima H, Hioki M, Furukawa T. Effect of arthroscopic partial meniscectomy on the function of quadriceps femoris. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc (2008); 16: 1017-1025.
5. Akima H, Lott D, Senesac C, Deol J, Germain S, Arpan I, Bendixen R, Lee Sweeney H, Walter G, Vandenborne K. Relationships of thigh muscle contractile and non-contractile tissue with function, strength, and age in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord (2012); 22: 16-25.
6. Ando R, Taniguchi K, Saito A, Fujimiya M, Katayose M, Akima H. Validity of fascicle length estimation in the vastus lateralis and vastus intermedius using ultrasonography. J Electromyogr Kinesiol (2014); 24: 214-220.
7. Austin N, Nilwik R, Herzog W. In vivo operational fascicle lengths of vastus lateralis during sub-maximal and maximal cycling. J Biomech (2010); 43: 2394-2399.
8. Blazevich AJ, Gill ND, Zhou S. Intra- and intermuscular variation in human quadriceps femoris architecture assessed in vivo. J Anat (2006); 209: 289-310.
9. Blazevich AJ, Cannavan D, Coleman DR, Horne S. Influence of concentric and eccentric resistance training on architectural adaptation in human quadriceps muscles. J Appl Physiol (2007); 103: 1565-1575.
10. Blazevich AJ, Coleman DR, Horne S, Cannavan D. Anatomical predictors of maximum isometric and concentric knee extensor moment. Eur J Appl Physiol (2009); 105: 869-878.
11. Burkholder TJ, Fingado B, Baron S, Lieber RL. Relationship between muscle fiber types and sizes and muscle architectural properties in the mouse hindlimb. J Morphol (1994); 221: 177-190.
12. Csapo R, Alegre LM, Baron R. Time kinetics of acute changes in muscle architecture in response to resistance exercise. J Sci Med Sport (2011); 14: 270-274.
13. Ema R, Wakahara T, Miyamoto N, Kanehisa H, Kawakami Y. Inhomogeneous architectural changes of the quadriceps femoris induced by resistance training. Eur J Appl Physiol (2013a); 113: 2691-2703.
14. Ema R, Wakahara T, Mogi Y, Miyamoto N, Komatsu T, Kanehisa H, Kawakami Y. In vivo measurement of human rectus femoris architecture by ultrasonography: validity and applicability. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging (2013b); 33: 267-273.
15. Erskine RM, Jones DA, Maganaris CN, Degens H. In vivo specific tension of the human quadriceps femoris muscle. Eur J Appl Physiol (2009); 106: 827-838.
16. Freilich RJ, Kirsner RJ, Byrne E. Isometric strength and thickness relationships in human quadriceps muscle. Neuromuscul Disord (1995); 5: 415-422.
17. Friederich JA, Brand RA. Muscle fiber architecture in the human lower limb. J Biomech (1990); 23: 91-95.
18. Fukunaga T, Ichinose Y, Ito M, Kawakami Y, Fukashiro S. Determination of fascicle length and pennation in a contracting human muscle in vivo. J Appl Physiol (1997); 82: 354-358.
19. Guilhem G, Cornu C, Guével A. Muscle architecture and EMG activity changes during isotonic and isokinetic eccentric exercises. Eur J Appl Physiol (2011); 111: 2723-2733.
20. Hioki M, Furukawa T, Akima H. Estimation of muscle atrophy based on muscle thickness in knee surgery patients. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging (2013); 34: 183-190.
21. Housh DJ, Housh TJ, Johnson GO, Chu WK. Hypertrophic response to unilateral concentric isokinetic resistance training. J Appl Physiol (1992); 73: 67-70.
22. Ichinose Y, Kawakami Y, Ito M, Fukunaga T. Estimation of active force-length characteristics of human vastus lateralis muscle. Acta Anat (1997); 159: 78-83.
23. Kubo K, Kanehisa H, Kawakami Y, Fukunaga T. Effects of repeated muscle contractions on the tendon structures in humans. Eur J Appl Physiol (2001); 84: 162-166.
24. Lieb FJ, Perry J. Quadriceps function: an anatomical and mechanical study using amputated limbs. J Bone Joint Surg Am (1968); 50: 1535-1548.
25. Maganaris CN, Baltzopoulos V. Predictability of in vivo changes in pennation angle of human tibialis anterior muscle from rest to maximum isometric dorsiflexion. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol (1999); 79: 294-297.
26. Miyatani M, Kanehisa H, Kuno S, Nishijima T, Fukunaga T. Validity of ultrasonograph muscle thickness measurements for estimating muscle volume of knee extensors in humans. Eur J Appl Physiol (2002); 86: 203-208.
27. Moreau NG, Simpson KN, Teefey SA, Damiano DL. Muscle architecture predicts maximum strength and is related to activity levels in cerebral palsy. Phys Ther (2010); 90: 1619-1630.
28. Morse CI, Degens H, Jones DA. The validity of estimating quadriceps volume from single MRI cross-sections in young men. Eur J Appl Physiol (2007); 100: 267-274.
29. O'Brien TD, Reeves ND, Baltzopoulos V, Jones DA, Maganaris CN. Muscle-tendon structure and dimensions in adults and children. J Anat (2010); 216: 631-642.
30. Reeves ND, Narici MV, Maganaris CN. In vivo human muscle structure and function: adaptations to resistance training in old age. Exp Physiol (2004); 89: 675-689.
31. Rutherford OM, Jones DA. Measurement of fibre pennation using ultrasound in the human quadriceps in vivo. Eur J Appl Physiol Occup Physiol (1992); 65: 433-437.
32. Strasser EM, Draskovits T, Praschak M, Quittan M, Graf A. Association between ultrasound measurements of muscle thickness, pennation angle, echogenicity and skeletal muscle strength in the elderly. Age (Dordr) (2013); 35: 2377-2388.
33. Ward SR, Eng CM, Smallwood LH, Lieber RL. Are current measurements of lower extremity muscle architecture accurate? Clin Orthop Relat Res (2009); 467: 1074-1082.
34. Watanabe K, Akima H. Effect of knee joint angle on neuromuscular activation of the vastus intermedius muscle during isometric contraction. Scand J Med Sci Sports (2011); 21: e412-e420.
35. Wickiewicz TL, Roy RR, Powell PL, Perrine JJ, Edgerton VR. Muscle architecture and force-velocity relationships in humans. J Appl Physiol (1984); 57: 435-443.
36. Zhang LQ, Wang G, Nuber GW, Press JM, Koh JL. In vivo load sharing among the quadriceps components. J Orthop Res (2003); 21: 565-571.