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. 2010 Apr;216(4):463–469. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01196.x

Table 4.

The mean (± SD) of the first dorsal interosseous muscles physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA), tendon CSA (TCSA), and the ratios of PCSA/TCSA, Lt/Lfopt, and Lfopt/r, where r is the moment of the muscle. The number of samples for each parameter is given in parentheses.

Parameter Mean ± SD
PCSA (cm2) (n = 17) 1.8 ± 0.6
TCSA (cm2) (n = 12) 0.2 ± 0.2
PCSA/TCSA (n = 12) 21.7 ± 26.3
Lt/Lfopt (n = 13) 0.2 ± 0.3
Lfopt/r (n = 8) 16.5 ± 9.2