Figure 5.
Comparison of sarcomere lengths in the vastus lateralis reported here (green bars) to lengths estimated from Arnold et al. (2010) (tan bars), Herzog et al. (1990) (light orange bars), and Ichinose et al. (1997) (dark orange bars). a) Average sarcomere lengths at 50° and 110° of knee flexion from the different studies. b) Differences in sarcomere lengths between the two knee flexion angles measured in this study and previous modeling and dynamometry studies show microendoscopy measures a smaller change in sarcomere length between the two knee angles.