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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2012 Jan 30;9:163–183. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.01.010

Table 5.

Differences in aponeurosis separation (mm) between the isometric and the shortened muscles. Positive values indicate greater aponeurosis separation in the shortened muscle

Change in
aponeurosis
separation (mm)
Constant
volume
(hydrostatic
fluid)
Softer
material
Stiffer
material
Vertical
reinforced
material
25° top fiber −2.0511 0.1778 −0.5373 0.0448
middle fiber 0.397 0.9974 0.8174 0.2061
47° top fiber −0.272 0.813 0.8157 0.4865
middle fiber 0.4926 0.4725 0.4151 0.187