Tendon and fascial structure contributions to knee muscle excursions and knee joint displacement

Snoeck, Olivier; Beyer, Benoît; Feipel, Véronique; Salvia, Patrick; Sterckx, Jo; Rooze, Marcel; Jan, Serge Van Sint

doi:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2014.08.003

Cited by 7 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 48 publications

(61 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Deep fascias are multi-layered dense fibrous connective tissues, mainly made of collagen and elastin fibers (Stecco et al, 2011), and surround muscles and groups of muscles. It has been shown that they contribute to the pressure in the muscular compartments (Garfin et al, 1981), and to muscle force transmission (Snoeck et al, 2014), they transmit mechanical forces between muscles (Huijing, 2009); they also participate in movement coordination (Barker et al, 2004), limb stabilization (Stahl, 2010), and elastic energy storage (Bennett et al, 1986).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, even though these models include detailed geometry and mechanical properties of muscles, improvements are still needed to increase their biofidelity in reproducing the complex passive mechanical action of soft connective tissues, especially the fascias. These passive structures sheath muscles and muscular compartments; exert a stress or pressure on them and thus participate in force transmission in both longitudinal and transverse directions during muscle activation ( Huijing, 2009 ; Snoeck et al, 2014 ; Eng and Roberts, 2018 ). With their finite element model of the upper leg where contacts between muscles were defined by contact laws, Stelletta et al (2016 , 2017) showed that in order to properly reproduce muscle activation in three dimensions, these connections were not enough to replicate transverse loadings.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Strain Assessment of Deep Fascia of the Thigh During Leg Movement: An in situ Study

Sednieva

Viste

Naaïm

et al. 2020

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Fascia is a fibrous connective tissue present all over the body. At the lower limb level, the deep fascia that is overlying muscles of the outer thigh and sheathing them (fascia lata) is involved in various pathologies. However, the understanding and quantification of the mechanisms involved in these sheathing effects are still unclear. The aim of this study is to observe and quantify the strain field of the fascia lata, including the iliotibial tract (ITT), during a passive movement of the knee. Three fresh postmortem human subjects were studied. To measure hip and knee angles during knee flexion-extension, passive movements from 0 • to around 120 • were recorded with a motion analysis system and strain fields of the fascia were acquired using digital image correlation. Strains were computed for three areas of the fascia lata: anterior fascia, lateral fascia, and ITT. Mean principal strains showed different strain mechanisms depending on location on the fascia and knee angle. For anterior and lateral fascia, a tension mechanism was mainly observed with major strain greater than minor strain in absolute value. While for the ITT, two strain mechanisms were observed depending on knee movement: tension is observed when the knee is extended relatively to reference position of 47 • , however, pure shear can be observed when the knee is flexed. In some cases, minor strain can also be higher than major strain in absolute value, suggesting high tissue compression probably due to microstructural fiber rearrangements. This in situ study is the first attempt to quantify the superficial strain field of fascia lata during passive leg movement. The study presents some limitations but provides a step in understanding strain mechanism of the fascia lata during passive knee movement.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Strain Assessment of Deep Fascia of the Thigh During Leg Movement: An in situ Study

Sednieva

Viste

Naaïm

et al. 2020

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Several previous studies have elucidated the presence of structures enabling myofascial force transmission, which include connective tissues and neurovascular tract (Bojsen-Møller et al, 2004;Huijing, 2009). In humans, myofascia has been shown to transmit forces between the latissimus dorsi and gluteal muscles (Carvalhais et al, 2013), between the flexor carpi ulnaris and other wrist flexors (de Bruin et al, 2011), between the semitendinosus and gracilis muscles (Snoeck et al, 2014) and between GA and SOL (Bojsen-Møller et al, 2010;Huijing et al, 2011). Despite existing lateral connections (Bojsen-Møller et al, 2004;Hodgson et al, 2006), SOL and GA, which have different muscle lengths and a different number of articulations, experience relative movement during maximal voluntary contractions (Bojsen-Møller et al, 2004) and normal locomotion conditions during running (personal observations).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition to its relevance in healthy populations, a large number of force transmitting pathways is likely to be important in pathological conditions. Because of the multiple force transmitting pathways along the muscle–tendon system, damage or microtrauma to a part of muscle or tendon may not have such a detrimental effect (Huijing et al., ; Snoeck et al., ).…”

Section: Perspectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of muscle activation on shear between human soleus and gastrocnemius muscles

Finni

Cronin

Mayfield

et al. 2015

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Lateral connections between muscles provide pathways for myofascial force transmission. To elucidate whether these pathways have functional roles in vivo, we examined whether activation could alter the shear between the soleus (SOL) and lateral gastrocnemius (LG) muscles. We hypothesized that selective activation of LG would decrease the stretch-induced shear between LG and SOL. Eleven volunteers underwent a series of knee joint manipulations where plantar flexion force, LG, and SOL muscle fascicle lengths and relative displacement of aponeuroses between the muscles were obtained. Data during a passive full range of motion were recorded, followed by 20° knee extension stretches in both passive conditions and with selective electrical stimulation of LG. During active stretch, plantar flexion force was 22% greater (P < 0.05) and relative displacement of aponeuroses was smaller than during passive stretch (P < 0.05). Soleus fascicle length changes did not differ between passive and active stretches but LG fascicles stretched less in the active than passive condition when the stretch began at angles of 70° and 90° of knee flexion (P < 0.05). The activity-induced decrease in the relative displacement of SOL and LG suggests stronger (stiffer) connectivity between the two muscles, at least at flexed knee joint angles, which may serve to facilitate myofascial force transmission.

show abstract

Further consideration of the curvature of the Neandertal Femur

Chapman

Sholukha

Semal

et al. 2017

American J Phys Anthropol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Tendon and fascial structure contributions to knee muscle excursions and knee joint displacement

Cited by 7 publications

References 48 publications

Strain Assessment of Deep Fascia of the Thigh During Leg Movement: An in situ Study

Strain Assessment of Deep Fascia of the Thigh During Leg Movement: An in situ Study

Effects of muscle activation on shear between human soleus and gastrocnemius muscles

Further consideration of the curvature of the Neandertal Femur

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About