An Analysis of Leg Muscle Stretch Using 3D Digital Image Correlation

Suralregioniscalledasthebottomheartofthebodysinceitisessentialforthemaintenanceofvenous circulatoryadequacyduringuprightpostureandactivity.Previousresearchhasfoundthatanklejoint equinuscanleadtofootpathologies.Thepaperpresentsagenericmethodologytocomputethestrain patternintheSuralandcalcanealregionduringlegdorsiflexionexperiment.Intheexperiment,the subjectismadetostandonaninclinationplaneandimagesarecapturedatvaryingangularinclinations. Strainplotsobtainedaftercomparisonindicatesthestraindistributionintheposteriorcompartment ofsuralandcalcanealregions.Theexperimentisthenrepeatedforfourotherparticipantsandthe trendsareobserved.VIC-3Disusedtodeterminethestraindistributionontwoimportantsuperficial componentsofthelegregion,namelytheSuralandcalcanealregions,subjectedtovarieddegrees offootdorsiflexion.Theexperimentisextremelyimportantastheprimaryknowledgegainedwill assistsustogeneratemuscle-tendonunitswhichcanresultintobetterunderstandingoftheforceand energyproduction.Moreover,thisexercisecanbeusedtoregulatethebloodcirculationandavoid thesyndromementionedabove. KeywORDS Calcaneal Region, Digital Image Correlation (DIC), Sural Region, VIC 3D

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