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Los efectos de la longitud del fascio soleo en la fatigabilidad muscular

Anh D Nguyen1, Aubrey Gray1, Gregory Sawicki2

  • 1Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.

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|August 27, 2025
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Las longitudes más cortas del fascio sóleo, logradas a través de ángulos específicos del tobillo, aumentan significativamente la activación muscular y la fatiga durante las contracciones de la pantorrilla en adultos jóvenes. Este hallazgo pone de relieve un mecanismo potencial para la fatigabilidad muscular relacionada con la edad.

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BiomecánicaLa contracciónElectromiografíaCansancioFuerza

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