| Mechanical properties of the gastrocnemius aponeurosis in wild turkeys. | |
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PMID: 21120110 Owner: NLM Status: PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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In many muscles, the tendinous structures include both an extramuscular free tendon as well as a sheet-like aponeurosis. In both free tendons and aponeuroses the collagen fascicles are oriented primarily longitudinally, along the muscle's line of action. It is generally assumed that this axis represents the direction of loading for these structures. This assumption is well founded for free tendons, but aponeuroses undergo a more complex loading regime. Unlike free tendons, aponeuroses surround a substantial portion of the muscle belly and are therefore loaded both parallel (longitudinal) and perpendicular (transverse) to a muscle's line of action when contracting muscles bulge to maintain a constant volume. Given this biaxial loading pattern, it is critical to understand the mechanical properties of aponeuroses in both the longitudinal and transverse directions. In this study, we use uniaxial testing of isolated tissue samples from the aponeurosis of the lateral gastrocnemius of wild turkeys to determine mechanical properties of samples loaded longitudinally (along the muscle's line of action) and transversely (orthogonal to the line of action). We find that the aponeurosis has a significantly higher Young's modulus in the longitudinal than in the transverse direction. Our results also show that aponeuroses can behave as efficient springs in both the longitudinal and transverse directions, losing little energy to hysteresis. We also test the failure properties of aponeuroses to quantify the likely safety factor with which these structures operate during muscular force production. These results provide an essential foundation for understanding the mechanical function of aponeuroses as biaxially loaded biological springs. |
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Emanuel Azizi; Gregory M Halenda; Thomas J Roberts |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-04-08 |
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Title: Integrative and comparative biology Volume: 49 ISSN: 1557-7023 ISO Abbreviation: Integr. Comp. Biol. Publication Date: 2009 Jul |
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Created Date: 2011-06-14 Completed Date: 2012-10-02 Revised Date: 2013-04-09 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101152341 Medline TA: Integr Comp Biol Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 51-8 Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA. |
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R01 AR055295/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS; R01 AR055295-02/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS; R01 AR055295-04/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS |
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