Purpose Measurement of muscle mass is paramount in the screening and diagnosis of
sarcopenia. Besides muscle quantity however, also quality assessment is important …

Achilles tendon stiffness determines calf muscle functioning during functional activities.
However, contrasting evidence was found in studies comparing Achilles tendon stiffness in …

The objective of this study was to develop and validate a subject-specific framework for
modelling the human foot. This was achieved by integrating medical image-based finite …

Nowadays, footwear serves an essential role in improving athletic performance and
decreasing the risk of unexpected injuries in sports games. Finite element (FE) modeling is a …

Background Three-dimensional gait analysis is often used to assess kinematics and kinetics
to discriminate gait patterns and examine change over time. Test-retest reliability is therefore …

We present and evaluate a new approach to estimate calf muscle–tendon parameters and
calculate calf muscle–tendon function during walking. We used motion analysis, ultrasound …

The aim of this study was to develop a generic musculoskeletal model of a healthy 10-year-
old child and examine the effects of geometric scaling on the calculated values of lower-limb …

Purpose In many sports, athletes have a preferred leg for sport-specific tasks, such as
jumping, which leads to strength differences between both legs, yet the underlying changes …

Direct quantification of physiologically-relevant tendon forces can be used in a wide range of
clinical applications. However, tendon forces have usually been estimated either indirectly …

Objectives Low skeletal muscle mass, strength, or somatic function are used to diagnose
sarcopenia; however, effective assessment methods are still lacking. Therefore, we …