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. 2016 May 12;229(4):514–535. doi: 10.1111/joa.12461

Table 3.

Origin and insertion coordinates of 24 proximal musculotendon units included in the musculoskeletal model, derived from I2KI micro‐CT scanning and digital segmentation

Musculotendon unit Abbreviation Origin (m) Insertion (m)
Segment x y z Segment x y z
Gluteus (dorsal) GM (d) Pelvis 0.0119 0.0001 −0.0003 Thigh −0.0012 −0.0015 0.0021
Gluteus (middle) GM (m) Pelvis 0.0113 −0.0090 −0.0004 Thigh −0.0012 −0.0017 0.0021
Gluteus (ventral) GM (v) Pelvis 0.0111 −0.0020 0.0000 Thigh −0.0010 −0.0019 0.0021
Obturator externus OE Pelvis −0.0047 −0.0030 −0.0001 Thigh −0.0020 −0.0010 0.0000
Obturator internus OI Pelvis −0.0052 −0.0043 −0.0011 Thigh −0.0008 0.0000 0.0003
Gemellus GEM Pelvis −0.0018 0.0011 0.0001 Thigh −0.0007 0.0004 0.0007
Quadratus femoris QF Pelvis −0.0051 −0.0045 −0.0015 Thigh −0.0019 −0.0044 0.0026
Tensor fascia latae TFL Pelvis 0.0110 −0.0023 −0.0003 Leg −0.0008 −0.0019 0.0013
Adductor longus AL Pelvis −0.0018 −0.0021 −0.0019 Thigh −0.0015 −0.0135 −0.0012
Adductor magnus AM Pelvis −0.0022 −0.0021 −0.0020 Thigh −0.0017 −0.0124 0.0018
Adductor brevis AB Pelvis −0.0017 −0.0020 −0.0021 Thigh −0.0008 −0.0104 −0.0001
Gracilis posterior GP Pelvis −0.0044 −0.0031 −0.0003 Leg 0.0001 −0.0047 −0.0018
Gracilis anterior GA Pelvis −0.0044 −0.0029 −0.0020 Leg 0.0002 −0.0045 −0.0017
Psoas major PMA Pelvis 0.0104 0.0001 −0.0030 Thigh −0.0012 −0.0022 0.0003
Psoas minor PMI Pelvis 0.0080 −0.0003 −0.0031 Thigh −0.0012 −0.0020 0.0002
Iliacus ILI Pelvis 0.0102 −0.0024 −0.0012 Thigh −0.0011 −0.0023 0.0004
Pectineus PECT Pelvis −0.0003 −0.0018 −0.0017 Thigh −0.0009 −0.0056 0.0006
Caudofemoralis CF Pelvis −0.0026 0.0008 0.0008 Thigh −0.0014 −0.0132 −0.0010
Semimembranosus SM Pelvis −0.0041 −0.0002 0.0013 Leg −0.0001 −0.0040 −0.0017
Semitendinosus ST Pelvis −0.0057 −0.0012 0.0013 Leg 0.0001 −0.0061 −0.0017
Biceps femoris anterior BFA Pelvis −0.0031 0.0009 0.0010 Thigh −0.0019 −0.0142 0.0015
Biceps femoris posterior (cranial) BFP (cr) Pelvis −0.0035 0.0007 0.0012 Leg −0.0010 −0.0016 0.0012
Biceps femoris posterior (middle) BFP (m) Pelvis −0.0043 0.0002 0.0014 Leg −0.0019 −0.0028 0.0014
Biceps femoris posterior (caudal) BFP (ca) Pelvis −0.0048 0.0000 0.0014 Leg −0.0003 −0.0055 0.0013

These coordinates are expressed relative to the origins (0, 0, 0 as x, y, z) of the segment in the ‘Segment’ column, in units of metres.