This study investigated the architecture and composition of eight lower limb musclesin typically developing children using diffusion tensor imaging and mDixontechniques, respectively. Moreover, the correlation between intramuscular fat fractionand force generation capacity was studied. It was observed that intramuscularfat fraction differed in the considered muscles. A positive correlation was observedbetween the maximum voluntary contraction and the intramuscular fat fraction ofgastrocnemius, soleus and tibialis anterior in four subjects, implying that maximumvoluntary contraction increases proportionally with intramuscular fat fraction.This outcome disproves the primary hypothesis which states that lower intramuscularfat fraction corresponds to a higher amount of produced force. It wasconcluded that intramuscular fat fractions do not affect force generation capacityin typically developing children.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:kth-280119 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Destro, Antea |
| Publisher | KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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