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From: Pre-Strained Epimuscular Connections Cause Muscular Myofascial Force Transmission to Affect
Properties of Synergistic EHL and EDL Muscles of the Rat
J Biomech Eng. 2005;127(5):819-828. doi:10.1115/1.1992523
Figure Legend:
Schematic representation of the experimental setup and the extramuscular connections of the muscles tested. (a) Orientation of the
experimental muscles, the leg and the foot in the reference position (i.e., knee joint at 100° and the ankle joint at 90°). (b) The
experimental setup used in the first part of the experiment. The Kevlar threads tied to the proximal and distal tendons of EDL, as
well as to the distal tendon of EHL muscle were connected to force transducers (FT). Note that before the second part of the
experiment EDL muscle was removed fully and EHL force was measured exclusively. (c) Schematic representation of an example of
EDL muscle extramuscular myofascial connections exclusively. The tied four distal EDL tendons were connected to a force
transducer (FT). Before measuring the length-force characteristics of EHL muscle this force transducer was displaced by 2 mm in
the proximal direction with respect to its reference position. It was kept at this location throughout the experiment. The proximal