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Three-dimensional surface geometries of the rabbit soleus muscle during contraction: input for biomechanical modelling and its validation

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There exists several numerical approaches to describe the active contractile behaviour of skeletal muscles. These models range from simple one-dimensional to more advanced three-dimensional ones; especially, three-dimensional models take up the cause of describing complex contraction modes in a realistic way. However, the validation of such concepts is challenging, as the combination of geometry, material and force characteristics is so far not available from the same muscle. To this end, we present in this study a comprehensive data set of the rabbit soleus muscle consisting of the muscles’ characteristic force responses (active and passive), its three-dimensional shape during isometric, isotonic and isokinetic contraction experiments including the spatial arrangement of muscle tissue and aponeurosis–tendon complex, and the fascicle orientation throughout the whole muscle at its optimal length. In this way, an extensive data set is available giving insight into the three-dimensional geometry of the rabbit soleus muscle and, further, allowing to validate three-dimensional numerical models.

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Partial support for this research was provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under Grants BO 3091/4-1 and SI 841/3-1.

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  1. Institute of Solid Mechanics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, 38106 , Braunschweig, Germany

    Markus Böl, Christine Weichert & Maike Sturmat

  2. Institute of Motion Science, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, 07749 , Jena, Germany

    Kay Leichsenring, Philipp Schenk, Reinhard Blickhan & Tobias Siebert

  3. University of Stuttgart, Department of Sport and Motion Science, 70569 , stuttgart, Germany

    Tobias Siebert

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Böl, M., Leichsenring, K., Weichert, C. et al. Three-dimensional surface geometries of the rabbit soleus muscle during contraction: input for biomechanical modelling and its validation. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 12, 1205–1220 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-013-0476-1

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