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Charles J, Kissane R, Hoehfurtner T, Bates KT. From fibre to function: are we accurately representing muscle architecture and performance? Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2022; 97:1640-1676. [PMID: 35388613 PMCID: PMC9540431 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The size and arrangement of fibres play a determinate role in the kinetic and energetic performance of muscles. Extrapolations between fibre architecture and performance underpin our understanding of how muscles function and how they are adapted to power specific motions within and across species. Here we provide a synopsis of how this 'fibre to function' paradigm has been applied to understand muscle design, performance and adaptation in animals. Our review highlights the widespread application of the fibre to function paradigm across a diverse breadth of biological disciplines but also reveals a potential and highly prevalent limitation running through past studies. Specifically, we find that quantification of muscle architectural properties is almost universally based on an extremely small number of fibre measurements. Despite the volume of research into muscle properties, across a diverse breadth of research disciplines, the fundamental assumption that a small proportion of fibre measurements can accurately represent the architectural properties of a muscle has never been quantitatively tested. Subsequently, we use a combination of medical imaging, statistical analysis, and physics-based computer simulation to address this issue for the first time. By combining diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and deterministic fibre tractography we generated a large number of fibre measurements (>3000) rapidly for individual human lower limb muscles. Through statistical subsampling simulations of these measurements, we demonstrate that analysing a small number of fibres (n < 25) typically used in previous studies may lead to extremely large errors in the characterisation of overall muscle architectural properties such as mean fibre length and physiological cross-sectional area. Through dynamic musculoskeletal simulations of human walking and jumping, we demonstrate that recovered errors in fibre architecture characterisation have significant implications for quantitative predictions of in-vivo dynamics and muscle fibre function within a species. Furthermore, by applying data-subsampling simulations to comparisons of muscle function in humans and chimpanzees, we demonstrate that error magnitudes significantly impact both qualitative and quantitative assessment of muscle specialisation, potentially generating highly erroneous conclusions about the absolute and relative adaption of muscles across species and evolutionary transitions. Our findings have profound implications for how a broad diversity of research fields quantify muscle architecture and interpret muscle function.
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- James Charles
- Structure and Motion Lab, Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, U.K.,Department of Musculoskeletal & Ageing Science, Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, The William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX, U.K
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- Department of Musculoskeletal & Ageing Science, Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, The William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX, U.K
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, Joseph Banks Laboratories, Green Lane, Lincoln, LN6 7DL, U.K
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- Department of Musculoskeletal & Ageing Science, Institute of Life Course & Medical Sciences, University of Liverpool, The William Henry Duncan Building, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool, L7 8TX, U.K
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Dickinson E, Basham C, Rana A, Hartstone‐Rose A. Visualization and Quantification of Digitally Dissected Muscle Fascicles in the Masticatory Muscles of
Callithrix jacchus
Using Nondestructive DiceCT. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2019; 302:1891-1900. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.24212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Edwin Dickinson
- Department of Biological Sciences North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina
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- Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee
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- Department of Biological Sciences North Carolina State University Raleigh North Carolina
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Dickinson E, Stark H, Kupczik K. Non-Destructive Determination of Muscle Architectural Variables Through the Use of DiceCT. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2018; 301:363-377. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.23716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Edwin Dickinson
- Max Planck Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Leipzig Germany
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- Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology with Phyletic Museum; Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena; Jena Germany
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- Max Planck Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology and Anthropology; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology; Leipzig Germany
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Novel microstructural findings in M. plantaris and their impact during active and passive loading at the macro level. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bortoluci CHF, Simionato LH, Rosa Junior GM, Oliveira JA, Lauris JRP, Moraes LHR, Rodrigues AC, Andreo JC. Histochemistry profile of the biceps brachii muscle fibres of capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella, Linnaeus, 1758). BRAZ J BIOL 2015; 74:S177-83. [PMID: 25627383 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.25512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A general analysis of the behaviour of "Cebus" shows that when this primate moves position to feed or perform another activity, it presents different ways of locomotion. This information shows that the brachial biceps muscle of this animal is frequently used in their locomotion activities, but it should also be remembered that this muscle is also used for other development activities like hiding, searching for objects, searching out in the woods, and digging in the soil. Considering the above, it was decided to research the histoenzimologic characteristics of the brachial biceps muscle to observe whether it is better adpted to postural or phasic function. To that end, samples were taken from the superficial and deep regions, the inserts proximal (medial and lateral) and distal brachial biceps six capuchin monkeys male and adult, which were subjected to the reactions of m-ATPase, NADH-Tr. Based on the results of these reactions fibres were classified as in Fast Twitch Glycolitic (FG), Fast Twitch Oxidative Glycolitic (FOG) and Slow Twitc (SO). In general, the results, considering the muscle as a whole, show a trend of frequency FOG> FG> SO. The data on the frequency were studied on three superficial regions FOG=FG>SO; the deep regions of the inserts proximal FOG=FG=SO and inserting the distal FOG>FG=SO. In conclusion, the biceps brachii of the capuchin monkey is well adapted for both postural and phasic activities.
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- C H F Bortoluci
- Physiotherapy Department, Universidade do Sagrado Coração - USC, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Department, Universidade do Sagrado Coração - USC, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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- Physiotherapy Department, Universidade do Sagrado Coração - USC, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Basic Sciences, School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" - UNESP, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Collective Health, Faculty of Dentistry of Bauru, São Paulo University - USP, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences - Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry of Bauru, São Paulo University - USP, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences - Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry of Bauru, São Paulo University - USP, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences - Anatomy, Faculty of Dentistry of Bauru, São Paulo University - USP, Bauru, SP, Brazil
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Neufuss J, Hesse B, Thorpe SKS, Vereecke EE, D'Aout K, Fischer MS, Schilling N. Fibre type composition in the lumbar perivertebral muscles of primates: implications for the evolution of orthogrady in hominoids. J Anat 2013; 224:113-31. [PMID: 24433382 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The axial musculoskeletal system is important for the static and dynamic control of the body during both locomotor and non-locomotor behaviour. As a consequence, major evolutionary changes in the positional habits of a species are reflected by morpho-functional adaptations of the axial system. Because of the remarkable phenotypic plasticity of muscle tissue, a close relationship exists between muscle morphology and function. One way to explore major evolutionary transitions in muscle function is therefore by comparative analysis of fibre type composition. In this study, the three-dimensional distribution of slow and fast muscle fibres was analysed in the lumbar perivertebral muscles of two lemuriform (mouse lemur, brown lemur) and four hominoid primate species (white-handed gibbon, orangutan, bonobo, chimpanzee) in order to develop a plausible scenario for the evolution of the contractile properties of the axial muscles in hominoids and to discern possible changes in muscle physiology that were associated with the evolution of orthogrady. Similar to all previously studied quadrupedal mammals, the lemuriform primates in this study exhibited a morpho-functional dichotomy between deep slow contracting local stabilizer muscles and superficial fast contracting global mobilizers and stabilizers and thus retained the fibre distribution pattern typical for quadrupedal non-primates. In contrast, the hominoid primates showed no regionalization of the fibre types, similar to previous observations in Homo. We suggest that this homogeneous fibre composition is associated with the high functional versatility of the axial musculature that was brought about by the evolution of orthograde behaviours and reflects the broad range of mechanical demands acting on the trunk in orthograde hominoids. Because orthogrady is a derived character of euhominoids, the uniform fibre type distribution is hypothesized to coincide with the evolution of orthograde behaviours.
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- J Neufuss
- Institute of Systematic Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany; Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
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Lieber RL, Ward SR. Skeletal muscle design to meet functional demands. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2011; 366:1466-76. [PMID: 21502118 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Skeletal muscles are length- and velocity-sensitive force producers, constructed of a vast array of sarcomeres. Muscles come in a variety of sizes and shapes to accomplish a wide variety of tasks. How does muscle design match task performance? In this review, we outline muscle's basic properties and strategies that are used to produce movement. Several examples are provided, primarily for human muscles, in which skeletal muscle architecture and moment arms are tailored to a particular performance requirement. In addition, the concept that muscles may have a preferred sarcomere length operating range is also introduced. Taken together, the case is made that muscles can be fine-tuned to perform specific tasks that require actuators with a wide range of properties.
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- Richard L Lieber
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Ogihara N, Makishima H, Aoi S, Sugimoto Y, Tsuchiya K, Nakatsukasa M. Development of an anatomically based whole‐body musculoskeletal model of the Japanese macaque (
Macaca fuscata
). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2008; 139:323-38. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Naomichi Ogihara
- Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606‐8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606‐8502, Japan
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606‐8501, Japan
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606‐8501, Japan
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606‐8501, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physical Anthropology, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606‐8502, Japan
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Nago T, Umezu Y, Shiba N, Matsuse H, Maeda T, Tagawa Y, Nagata K, Basford JR. Muscle maintenance by volitional contraction against applied electrical stimulation. Kurume Med J 2007; 54:35-40. [PMID: 18332595 DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.54.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Muscle training exercises are needed for muscular endurance during spaceflight. This study was designed to investigate effects of volitional contraction against applied electrical stimulation on the muscular endurance of the proximal upper extremity. Thirteen healthy sedentary men were allocated into two groups. One group participated in a hybrid (HYB) exercise regimen in which the biceps brachii was stimulated as he volitionally extended his elbow, and the triceps brachii was stimulated as the volitionally flexed his elbow. The second group underwent a similar regimen in which the electrical stimulation (ELS) was alternatively delivered to the biceps brachii and then to the triceps brachii with the limb fixed. Forty-second surface electromyography (EMG) recordings at 50% maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) were made as baseline data at just before starting the training regimen, and again conclusion. The median frequency (MF) and mean power frequency (MPF) slopes with time were determined using power spectrum analysis. There were statistical significance only for the triceps in which the MF and MPF slopes in the HYB Group became less negative over the period of study (from -45.7+/-14.7 and -47.0+/-8.6%/min at baseline to -36.9+/-10.7 and -36.8+/-7.0%/min at the end of training, respectively). The corresponding values for these slopes in the ELS Group showed opposite tends with less marked changes of borderline significance for MF and of statistical significance for MPF. These results suggested that the HYB exercise regimen was capable of producing an improvement in triceps but not biceps brachii.
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- Takeshi Nago
- Rehabilitation Center, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan.
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Matsumoto A, Nagatomo F, Mori A, Ohira Y, Ishihara A. Cell Size and Oxidative Enzyme Activity of Rat Biceps Brachii and Triceps Brachii Muscles. J Physiol Sci 2007; 57:311-6. [DOI: 10.2170/physiolsci.rp008907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2007] [Accepted: 10/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Solomon NP, Drager KDR, Luschei ES. Sustaining a constant effort by the tongue and hand: effects of acute fatigue. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2002; 45:613-624. [PMID: 12199393 DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2002/049)] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A constant-effort task was used previously as a potential assessment technique for fatigue. Participants sustained submaximal target effort levels with the tongue and hand against soft air-filled bulbs. For 80% of all trials, pressure decreased exponentially to a positive asymptote. In addition, pressure decreased faster when the muscles were fatigued than when they were rested. This study attempted to replicate the previous findings with new participants and to extend the findings to include surface electromyographic (EMG) data. Pressure and surface EMG signals were collected simultaneously while 10 neurologically normal young adults performed the constant-effort task at 50% of maximum pressure with the tongue and the hand. Eighty-one percent of the pressure data were modeled by a negative exponential equation with a nonzero asymptote. Seventy-three percent of the corresponding EMG data also fit this mathematical model. The pressure signals decayed more slowly than the corresponding EMG signals, particularly for the hand. After participants fatigued the tongue and hand with repeated brief maximal voluntary contractions, the time constants were reduced (rate of decay increased) for the tongue but not the hand. These results corroborate the previous finding that the time constant, determined from an exponential curve-fitting procedure, is a replicable measure. Furthermore, the reduction in the time constant after inducing acute fatigue in the tongue was replicated, although this same relationship was not replicated for the hand. The EMG data suggest that decreases in neuromuscular drive, including increased early adaptation, motor unit derecruitment, and motor unit desynchronization, contributed to the decrease in pressure during the constant-effort task, especially after acute fatigue was induced. These observations support the hypothesis that the task reflects, at least in part, central fatigue processes.
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Singh K, Melis EH, Richmond FJR, Scott SH. Morphometry of Macaca mulatta forelimb. II. Fiber-type composition in shoulder and elbow muscles. J Morphol 2002; 251:323-32. [PMID: 11835368 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The present study examined the fiber-type proportions of 22 muscles spanning the shoulder and/or elbow joints of three Macaca mulatta. Fibers were classified as one of three types: fast-glycolytic (FG), fast-oxidative-glycolytic (FOG), or slow-oxidative (SO). In most muscles, the FG fibers predominated, but proportions ranged from 25-67% in different muscles. SO fibers were less abundant except in a few deep, small muscles where they comprised as much as 56% of the fibers. Cross-sectional area (CSA) of the three fiber types was measured in six different muscles. FG fibers tended to be the largest, whereas SO fibers were the smallest. While fiber-type size was not always consistent between muscles, the relative size of FG fibers was generally larger than FOG and SO fibers within the same muscle. When fiber CSA was taken into consideration, FG fibers were found to comprise over 50% of the muscle's CSA in almost all muscles.
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- Kan Singh
- CIHR Group in Sensory-Motor Systems, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Binzoni T, Bianchi S, Hanquinet S, Kaelin A, Sayegh Y, Dumont M, Jéquier S. Human gastrocnemius medialis pennation angle as a function of age: from newborn to the elderly. JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCE 2001; 20:293-8. [PMID: 11759268 DOI: 10.2114/jpa.20.293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to quantify changes in human skeletal muscle pennation angle (F theta) values during growth and adult life. The human gastrocnemius medialis muscle of 162 subjects (96 males and 66 females) in the age range 0-70 years was scanned with ultrasonography. The subjects were laying prone, at rest, with the ankle maintained at 90 degrees with all muscles relaxed. F theta increased monotonically starting from birth (0 years) and reached a stable value after the adolescent growth spurt. There was a significant (p < 0.05) linear relationship between F theta and muscle thickness (TK). F theta = 0.84 (+/- 0.09) * TK + 3.15 (+/- 1.13). Human gastrocnemius medialis F theta and TK data found in the literature seem to fit the F theta-TK plot in a coherent manner, independent of the physiological or anatomical characteristics of the subject. The present findings indicate that F theta is not a constant parameter but evolves, as is the case for bone length and height, as a function of age.
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- T Binzoni
- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Motor units, defined as a motoneuron and all of its associated muscle fibers, are the basic functional units of skeletal muscle. Their activity represents the final output of the central nervous system, and their role in motor control has been widely studied. However, there has been relatively little work focused on the mechanical significance of recruiting variable numbers of motor units during different motor tasks. This review focuses on factors ranging from molecular to macroanatomical components that influence the mechanical output of a motor unit in the context of the whole muscle. These factors range from the mechanical properties of different muscle fiber types to the unique morphology of the muscle fibers constituting a motor unit of a given type and to the arrangement of those motor unit fibers in three dimensions within the muscle. We suggest that as a result of the integration of multiple levels of structural and physiological levels of organization, unique mechanical properties of motor units are likely to emerge.
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- R J Monti
- Department of Physiological Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Kischel P, Stevens L, Montel V, Picquet F, Mounier Y. Plasticity of monkey triceps muscle fibers in microgravity conditions. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2001; 90:1825-32. [PMID: 11299273 DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2001.90.5.1825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We examined the changes in functional properties of triceps brachii skinned fibers from monkeys flown aboard the BION 11 satellite for 14 days and after ground-based arm immobilization. The composition of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms allowed the identification of pure fibers containing type I (slow) or type IIa (fast) MHC isoforms or hybrid fibers coexpressing predominantly slow (hybrid slow; HS) or fast (hybrid fast) MHC isoforms. The ratio of HS fibers to the whole slow population was higher after flight (28%) than in the control population (7%), and the number of fast fibers was increased (up to 86% in flight vs. 12% in control). Diameters and maximal tensions of slow fibers were decreased after flight. The tension-pCa curves of slow and fast fibers were modified, with a decrease in pCa threshold and an increase in steepness. The proper effect of microgravity was distinguishable from that of immobilization, which induced less marked slow-to-fast transitions (only 59% of fast fibers) and changed the tension-pCa relationships.
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- P Kischel
- Laboratoire de Plasticité Neuromusculaire, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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Cheng EJ, Brown IE, Loeb GE. Virtual muscle: a computational approach to understanding the effects of muscle properties on motor control. J Neurosci Methods 2000; 101:117-30. [PMID: 10996372 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0270(00)00258-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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This paper describes a computational approach to modeling the complex mechanical properties of muscles and tendons under physiological conditions of recruitment and kinematics. It is embodied as a software package for use with Matlab and Simulink that allows the creation of realistic musculotendon elements for use in motor control simulations. The software employs graphic user interfaces (GUI) and dynamic data exchange (DDE) to facilitate building custom muscle model blocks and linking them to kinetic analyses of complete musculoskeletal systems. It is scalable in complexity and accuracy. The model is based on recently published data on muscle and tendon properties measured in feline slow- and fast-twitch muscle, and incorporates a novel approach to simulating recruitment and frequency modulation of different fiber-types in mixed muscles. This software is distributed freely over the Internet at http://ami.usc.edu/mddf/virtualmuscle.
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- E J Cheng
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, DRB-B12, Medical Device Development Facility, Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, MC 1112, 1042 West 36th Place, 90089-1112, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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The present study examined the morphometric properties of the forelimb, including the inertial properties of the body segments and the morphometric parameters of 21 muscles spanning the shoulder and/or elbow joints of six Macaca mulatta and three M. fascicularis. Five muscle parameters are presented: optimal fascicle length (L(0)(M)), tendon slack length (L(S)(T)), physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA), pennation angle (alpha(0)), and muscle mass (m). Linear regressions indicate that muscle mass, and to a lesser extent PCSA, correlated with total body weight. Segment mass, center-of-mass, and the moment of inertia of the upper arm, forearm, and hand are also presented. Our data indicate that for some segments, radius of gyration (rho) predicts segment moment of inertia better than linear regressions based on total body weight. Key differences between the monkey and human forelimb are highlighted.
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- E J Cheng
- Department of Physiology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Belhaj-Saïf A, Karrer JH, Cheney PD. Distribution and characteristics of poststimulus effects in proximal and distal forelimb muscles from red nucleus in the monkey. J Neurophysiol 1998; 79:1777-89. [PMID: 9535947 DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.1777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We used stimulus-triggered averaging (StTA) of electromyographic (EMG) activity to investigate two major questions concerning the functional organization of the magnocellular red nucleus (RNm) for reaching movements in the macaque monkey. The first is whether the clear preference toward facilitation of extensor muscles we have reported in previous studies for distal (wrist and digit) forelimb muscles also exists for proximal muscles (shoulder and elbow). The second question is whether distal and proximal muscles may be cofacilitated from RNm suggesting the representation of functional muscle synergies for coordinated reaching movements. Two monkeys were trained to perform a prehension task requiring multijoint coordination of the forelimb. EMG activity was recorded from 24 forelimb muscles including 5 shoulder, 7 elbow, 5 wrist, 5 digit, and 2 intrinsic hand muscles. Microstimulation (20 microA at 20 Hz) was delivered throughout the movement task. From 137 microstimulation sites in the RNm, a total of 977 poststimulus effects was obtained including 733 poststimulus facilitation effects (PStF) and 244 poststimulus suppression effects (PStS). Of the PStF effects, 58% were obtained from distal muscles; 42% from proximal muscles. Digit muscles were more frequently facilitated (35%) than the wrist, elbow, or shoulder muscles (20, 24, and 18%, respectively). The intrinsic hand muscles were infrequently facilitated (3%). At all joints tested, PStF was more common in extensor muscles than flexor muscles. This extensor preference was very strong for shoulder (85%), wrist (85%), and digit muscles (94%) and weaker for elbow muscles (60%). Of the PStS effects, 65% were in distal muscles and 35% in proximal muscles. Interestingly, the flexor muscles were more frequently inhibited from RNm than extensor muscles. At 72% of stimulation sites, at least two muscles were facilitated. The majority of these sites (61%) cofacilitated both proximal and distal muscles. At the remaining sites (39%), PStF was observed in either the proximal (17%) or distal muscles (22%). Facilitation most often involved combinations of shoulder, elbow, and distal muscles (30%) or shoulder and distal muscles (26%). Only rarely were intrinsic hand muscles part of the total muscle synergy. Our results show that the RNm 1) controls both proximal and distal muscles but the strength of influence is biased toward distal muscles, 2) preferentially controls extensor muscles not only at distal forelimb joints but also at proximal joints, and 3) output zones cofacilitate synergies of proximal and distal muscles involved in the control of forelimb reaching movements.
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- A Belhaj-Saïf
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Ralph L. Smith Mental Retardation and Human Development Research Center, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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The moment arms of 23 muscle segments of the upper limb with varying elbow and forearm positions: Implications for motor control. Hum Mov Sci 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-9457(97)00030-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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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; 221:177-90. [PMID: 7932768 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1052210207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Skeletal muscle fiber and architectural properties both contribute to the functional behavior of a muscle. This study uses discriminant analysis and mathematical modeling to identify the structurally and functionally significant properties. The architectural properties of fiber length, muscle length, and pennation angle are found to be the most structurally significant parameters, whereas fiber length, muscle length, and fiber type distribution are found to be most functionally determining. Architectural speed and fiber type do not appear to be complimentary (i.e., the architectural determinant of speed, fiber length, is not associated with fibers of high intrinsic velocity). However, there does seem to be a synergistic relation between the two property classes and force production. Muscles with large physiological cross sectional areas (PCSAs) tend to contain a greater proportion of larger, faster fibers. Structurally or morphologically significant parameters are not always found to have a large functional effect. Pennation angle, though one of the most structurally significant variables, was found to have very little functional effect.
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- T J Burkholder
- Department of Orthopaedics, University of California, San Diego 92161
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Brasseur JE, Curtis RL, Mellender JW, Rimm AA, Melvin JL, Sulaiman AR. Systematic distribution of muscle fiber types in the medial gastrocnemius of the laboratory mouse: a morphometric analysis. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1987; 218:396-401. [PMID: 3662042 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092180407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Midbelly cross sections of the medial gastrocnemius muscle of young adult male laboratory mice were subjected to ATPase histochemistry with preincubation at pH 4.6. Through the use of a sampling grid and computer-assisted morphometric analysis, 26 to 35% of the total muscle fibers were sampled and classified as type I, IIa, or IIb. Photomicrographs (16 X 20 in.) of five muscles were divided into octants according to a standardized procedure. Total fiber counts and percent of fibers sampled were determined. Variability of sample size per octant was noted, but when averaged across entire muscles, it was in all instances greater than 33%. Fiber type frequency per octant was tested for goodness of fit to a random model by means of a chi-square statistic for equal expected frequencies. Deviation from random fiber type frequency was significant at the P = 0.001 level for every muscle. More importantly, when these data were pooled and again tested using the same method, the probability estimate was less than P = 0.001. This established that the variations in the fiber type proportions found in each mouse followed a common pattern. The systematic fiber type distribution confirmed by these morphometric and statistical methods supports the impression expressed by many muscle biologists that this muscle displays a consistent and complex intramuscular organization.
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- J E Brasseur
- Department of Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226
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Okada M. Effect of muscle length on surface EMG wave forms in isometric contractions. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY AND OCCUPATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY 1987; 56:482-6. [PMID: 3622493 DOI: 10.1007/bf00417780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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To elucidate the influence of muscle length on surface EMG wave form, comparisons were made of surface EMGs of the biceps and triceps brachii muscles during isometric contractions at different muscle lengths. Muscle lengths were altered by setting the elbow joint angle at several intervals between the limits of extension and flexion. The intensity of the isometric contractions was 25% of maximum voluntary contraction at the individual joint angles. Slowing was obvious in the EMG wave forms of biceps as muscle length increased. The so-called 'Piper rhythm' appeared when the muscle was more than moderately lengthened. The slowing trend with muscle lengthening, though less marked, was also seen in triceps. Zero-cross analysis revealed quasi-linear relationships between muscle length and slowing. Frequency analysis confirmed the development of 'Piper rhythm'. An attempt was made to interpret the slowing associated with muscle lengthening in terms of the propagation of myoelectric signals in muscle fibers. given the effect of muscle length on EMG wave forms, a careful control of joint angle may be required in assessing local making fatigue when using EMG spectral indices.
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Acosta L, Roy RR. Fiber-type composition of selected hindlimb muscles of a primate (cynomolgus monkey). Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1987; 218:136-41. [PMID: 3619081 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092180207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The distribution of fiber types in selected leg and thigh muscles of three male Cynomolgus monkeys were determined. Almost all fibers could be classified as fast-glycolytic (FG), fast-oxidative glycolytic (FOG), or slow-oxidative (SO) according to the qualitative histochemical staining scheme described by Peter et al. (1972). Most muscles showed regional variations in fiber-type distributions, i.e., the percent SO was higher and the percent FG was lower in the deep, compared to the superficial, regions of the muscle. Exceptions were the soleus and plantaris muscles, which contained similar distributions of fiber types throughout their cross sections. In the extensor compartment of the leg, a layering of fiber types from deep to superficial were evident in the triceps surae and plantaris complex with the deepest muscle, the soleus, having primarily SO fibers. A similar layering arrangement was observed in the extensor compartment of the thigh, with the deepest muscle, the vastus intermedius, having a much larger proportion of SO fibers than the other muscles in the quadriceps complex. These results indicate that Cynomolgus monkey hindlimb muscles, unlike human leg muscles (Saltin and Gollnick: Handbook of Physiology, L.D. Peachey, ed. American Physiological Society, MD, pp. 55-631, 1983) have a regional distribution of fiber types similar to that observed in many subprimate mammals. Further, the presence of compartmentalization of fiber types within the cross section of several of the muscles studied is suggestive of structure-function interrelationships related to motor control.
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