Research Article

Transverse Strains in Muscle Fascicles during Voluntary Contraction: A 2D Frequency Decomposition of B-Mode Ultrasound Images

Table 1

Fourier coefficients for the medial gastrocnemius.

ParameterMG

−13.06 ± 0.20°7.93 ± 0.19°−1.4 ± 2.1°
7.59 ± 1.05 N m21.30 ± 1.91 N m252.7 ± 3.4°
1.00 ± 0.000.22 ± 0.0229.7 ± 2.9°
1.00 ± 0.000.017 ± 0.002182.6 ± 9.2°
17.10 ± 0.45°5.34 ± 0.46°215.0 ± 2.8°
15.86 ± 0.27°1.64 ± 0.14°217.8 ± 3.6°
1.00 ± 0.000.023 ± 0.003286.7 ± 13.2°
146.27 ± 4.727.21 ± 0.4838.4 ± 4.3°

Values are shown as mean ± SEM () and are for the first harmonic of the Fourier series.