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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1984-4-17
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pubmed:abstractText |
In isometric contractions, the type II fibres of animal muscle may have a greater specific strength than the type I fibres. This paper reports two retrospective analyses of the influence of fibre-type composition on the ratio of the voluntary isometric strength of the quadriceps to its cross-sectional area at mid-thigh. In 15 normal quadriceps, the ratio of the muscle's strength to its cross-sectional area was weakly correlated with the percentage contribution of type II fibres to a biopsy from the lateral mass of the muscle (r = 0.55, P less than 0.05). Linear regression suggested that type II fibres might have about three times the specific strength of type I fibres. Measurements of the atrophied quadriceps of 11 patients with unilateral knee injury/immobilization were standardized by comparison with the contralateral muscles. Strength/cross-sectional area was again correlated with the percentage area as type II fibres (r = 0.62, P less than 0.05). The data suggested that type II fibres might have about twice the specific strength of type I fibres. Despite the wide confidence limits of each of the analyses, they agree that, in isometric contractions, the type II fibres of the human quadriceps seem stronger, for their cross-sectional area, than the type I fibers.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Feb
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pubmed:issn |
0144-5979
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
4
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
23-32
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Arthritis,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Immobilization,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Isometric Contraction,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Knee Injuries,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Knee Joint,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Muscle Contraction,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Muscles,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Muscular Atrophy,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Tensile Strength,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Thigh,
pubmed-meshheading:6538128-Tibial Fractures
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pubmed:year |
1984
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pubmed:articleTitle |
The relative isometric strength of type I and type II muscle fibres in the human quadriceps.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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