Gaspar Morey-Klapsing

TL;DR: It is suggested that at low level forces the more compliant quadriceps tendon and aponeurosis will increase the force potential of the muscle while running and therefore the volume of active muscle at a given force generation will decrease.

TL;DR: It has been concluded that the mechanical properties of the triceps surae tendon and aponeurosis do not show a graded response to the intensity of the performed sport activity but rather remain at control level in a wide range of applied strains and that strain amplitude and/or frequency should exceed a given threshold in order to trigger additional adaptation effects.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the decrease in EMG activity of the GM at pronounced knee flexed positions is due to a critical force-length potential of all three muscles of the triceps surae.

TL;DR: Examination in vivo of the elongation and the strain of the human gastrocnemius medialis tendon and aponeurosis simultaneously at the same trial during maximal voluntary plantarflexion efforts found the strain estimated in vivo using two-dimensional ultrasonography is uniform.

TL;DR: The main findings were: the resultant moment at the ankle joint and the moment measured by the Biodex-dynamometer during isometric contractions are different, and during a plantar flexion effort the ankle angle changes significantly, whereas the knee angle shows only small and in most cases not significant changes.