The Effect of Crank Length Changes from Cycling Rehabilitation on Muscle Behaviors

Table 1

Musculotendon parameters, based on and adapted from Ward et al. [28] and Millard et al. [29].

Muscle segment	Optimal force (N)	Optimal fiber length (cm)	Tendon slack length (cm)	Pennation angle (°)
Soleus (SOL)	6195	4.4	27.7	21.9
Tibialis anterior (TA)	1227	6.8	24.1	11.2
Vastus medialis (VM)	2748	9.7	20.0	24.2
Vastus lateralis (VL)	5149	9.9	22.1	14.5
Gastrocnemius (GAS)	1575	5.9	37.6	12.0
Rectus femoris (RF)	2192	7.6	44.9	12.4