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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Hand Surg Am. 2019 Jun 24;44(9):751–761. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2019.05.007

Table 2:

Muscle parameters at nominal lengths and shortened to 98%, 95%, and 90% of nominal length.

Nominal 98% 95% 90%

FDSI Optimal Fiber Length (m) 0.0835 0.0818 0.0793 0.0752
Tendon Slack Length (m) 0.2772 0.2717 0.2633 0.2495
Pennation Angle
Resting Muscle-Tendon Length (m) 0.3602 0.3531 0.3422 0.3243
FDPI Optimal Fiber Length (m) 0.0749 0.0734 0.0712 0.0674
Tendon Slack Length (m) 0.3044 0.2983 0.2892 0.274
Pennation Angle
Resting Muscle-Tendon Length (m) 0.3787 0.3712 0.3599 0.3409
Resting finger position at 30° wrist extension MCP (deg) 71° 83° 90° 90°
PIP (deg) 12° 34° 99°
DIP (deg) 43°