Anatomical and ontogenetic influences on muscle density

Abstract Physiological cross-sectional area (PCSA), an important biomechanical variable, is an estimate of a muscle’s contractile force potential and is derived from dividing muscle mass by the product of a muscle’s average fascicle length and a theoretical constant representing the density of mamma...

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Main Authors: Kaitlyn C. Leonard, Nikole Worden, Marissa L. Boettcher, Edwin Dickinson, Kailey M. Omstead, Anne M. Burrows, Adam Hartstone-Rose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81489-w