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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2013 Mar 12;46(7):1363–1368. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.01.020

Table 3. Muscle classification in terms of upper bound ( emUB) behavior.

Bi Ni Ru



FEXT FFLEX FEXT FFLEX FEXT FFLEX
ADF SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono SUBnon

ADL SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond

BFA SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon

BFP SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon

EDL SUBcond MUB SUBCond SUBnon SUBCond MUB

FDL MUB SUBcond MUB SUBcond MUB SUBcond

FHL SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond

GMAX SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond

GMED SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono SUBnon SUBnon SUBmono

GMIN SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond MUB MUB

GRAC SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon

LG SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBmono

MG SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBmono

PB MUB SUBcond MUB SUBcond MUB SUBcond

PEC SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond

PL MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB SUBcond

PLAN SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBmono

PSOAS MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB

PT MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB

PYR MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB

QF SUBcond SUBcond MUB SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond

RF SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBcond SUBcond

SART MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB

SM SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon

SOL MUB SUBcond MUB SUBcond MUB SUBcond

ST SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon

TA MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB MUB

TP SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono SUBmono

VI SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond SUBcond MUB SUBcond

VL SUBcond SUBmono SUBcond SUBmono SUBcond SUBmono

VM SUBmono SUBnon SUBmono SUBnon SUBcond SUBcond

MUB: (emUB) is always one (maximal); SUBcond: emUB is sub-maximal only at certain range of α SUBmono: emUB is always sub-maximal and changes monotonnically; SUBnon: emUB is always sub-maximal and changes non-monotonically. Muscle that changed classification of sub-maximal upper bound versus maximal upper bound across the two force directions are shown in bold black. Muscles that differ in sub-classifications across force directions are shown in bold gray.