ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE HUMAN INTRINSIC HAND MUSCLES
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OF THE HUMAN INTRINSIC HAND MUSCLES
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DOI:
10.1016/0363-5023(92)90446-v
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发表时间:
1992-09-01
影响因子:
1.9
通讯作者:
LIEBER, RL
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作者:
JACOBSON, MD;RAAB, R;LIEBER, RL
The architectural features of twenty different muscles (18 intrinsics and 2 thumb extrinsics, n = 180 total muscles) were studied. Muscle length, mass, fiber pennation angle, fiber length, and sarcomere length were determined. From these values, physiologic cross-sectional area and fiber length/muscle length ratio were calculated. Intrinsic muscle lengths were relatively similar to one another, which we interpreted as representing a space constraint within the hand. However, several specialized architectural designs were observed: lumbrical muscles had an extremely high fiber length/muscle length ratio, implying a design toward high excursion. The first dorsal interosseous and adductor pollicis had physiologic cross-sectional areas comparable to those of extrinsic muscles and much greater than those of the other intrinsic muscles. The interosseous muscles had relatively high physiologic cross-sectional areas with low fiber length/muscle length ratios, suggesting their adaptation for high force production and low excursion. Taken together, these observations illustrate the underlying structural basis for the functional capacities of the intrinsic muscles.