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| | Energy metabolism of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles during isometric voluntary and electrically induced ... |
 | | The stimulation frequency was similar during contraction under both ischaemic and control conditions and during experiments on both gastrocnemius and soleus muscles. | | | Slight bending of the knee could also create less favourable conditions for activation of the gastrocnemius muscle in our study than in the study of Löscher et al. | | | Electrical stimulation of human skeletal muscles has been used in order to minimize the subjective factors affecting exercise performance (Hultman, Sjöholm, Sahlin and Edström, 1981), but it is not clear whether the electrically induced contractions have similar metabolic costs to voluntary contractions. |
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http://jp.physoc.org/cgi/content/full/507/2/593
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| | Change in length of relaxed muscle fascicles and tendons with knee and ankle movement in humans -- Herbert et al. 539 ... |
| | To investigate this possibility we pooled the data from the medial gastrocnemius muscles of nine subjects and, separately, the tibialis anterior muscles of six subjects by expressing both change in muscle fascicle length and change in muscle-tendon length as a percentage of the shortest muscle-tendon length (this provided greater statistical precision in the subsequent analysis). | | | Stolov and Weillep (1966) measured elongation of the muscle belly and of the extramuscular part of the tendon as the relaxed rat gastrocnemius muscle was extended over a physiological range of lengths. | | | Estimates of the rest lengths of medial gastrocnemius and tibialis anterior were obtained by measurement of the distance from the presumed site of origin to the presumed site of insertion in one subject with the ankle and knee joints positioned so that the muscles were at their shortest in vivo lengths. |
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http://jp.physoc.org/cgi/content/full/539/2/637
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| | Short saphenous territory - Gastrocnemius and soleus veins - Anatomical aspects |
| | The calf is a large muscle mass made up of the triceps surae muscle, composed of two planes: a superficial plane, comprising the medial and lateral heads of the gastrocnemius muscle: and a deep plane, corresponding to the soleus muscle. | | | The gastrocnemius veins are situated within the medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles ( Figure 73). | | | These muscles, inserted in the distal part of the femur, fuse inferiorly to form the tendo calcaneus. |
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http://www.phlebologia.com/en/veines_jum_aspect_ana.asp
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| | eMedicine - Injuries of the Medial Calf : Article by Anthony J Saglimbeni, MD |
| | This condition can be confused with ruptured gastrocnemius muscle. | | | Background: A medial calf injury is a musculotendinous disruption of varying degree in the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle that results from an acute forceful push-off with the foot. | | | Prevention: A medial calf injury may not be preventable, but regular physical activity with maintenance of flexibility in the gastrocnemius muscle may help to reduce one's chances of sustaining such injury. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/sports/topic157.htm
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| | Short saphenous territory - Gastrocnemius and soleus veins - Hemodynamic aspects |
| | From a functional point of view, under physiological conditions, the intramuscular gastrocnemius veins represent a venous reservoir at the center of the "peripheral heart," corresponding to the calf muscle pump. | | | Ligation of the saphenopopliteal junction associated with stripping will therefore eliminate this excess pressure shock-absorbing mechanism and facilitate the rapid development of a perforating vessel in the popliteal fossa. | | | During muscle contraction, blood is expelled at a very high flow rate to the popliteal vein. |
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http://www.phlebologia.com/en/veines_jum_aspect_hem.asp
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| | Calf strain, tear or pulled muscle - an injury to the back of the lower leg |
| | If you have damaged the Soleus muscle you might get pain lower in the leg and also pain when you contract the muscle against resistance with the knee bent. | | | The Gastrocnemius muscle originates above the knee and inserts via the Achilles tendon into the heal. | | | A sudden sharp pain in the calf muscle followed by difficulty using it usually a give away for a calf strain. |
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http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/back/backlowerleg/calfstrain.htm
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| | The Anatomy of The Calves by Jacob Wilson |
| | Which is to actually view the muscle group while it is being worked. | | | Remember, the gastrocnemius inserts into the heel and is responsible for plantar flexion, of the heel! | | | Anyone who has ever done standing calf raises, supersetted with lying leg curls, knows just how painful this combo can be, and also how effectively it can stimulate growth. |
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http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/anatomy/calvesanatomypart3.htm
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| | Brainstem Substrates of Sympatho-Motor Circuitry Identified Using Trans-Synaptic Tracing with Pseudorabies Virus ... |
| | overlying skin was incised, and the gastrocnemius muscle was | | | These neurons were visualized with the immunoperoxidase method and were of similar size and located at the same spinal levels as those labeled by CT Gastrocnemius motoneuron labeling was also achieved with an immunofluorescent technique ( C). | | | At higher magnification (inset to the right), it was observed that presumed gastrocnemius motoneurons had a soma diameter of |
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http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/23/11/4657
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| | Stretching for the calf muscles - Gastrocnemius and Soleus |
| | Stretching for the calf muscles - Gastrocnemius and Soleus | | | Please remember the information on this site is for information purposes only and cannot replace the 'real' therapist. | | | It is rare that the soleus muscle will be tight, however tight gastrocnemius muscles are more common. |
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http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/front/lowerleg/posterior_compartment/stretching.php
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| | Passive mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius muscle of the cat -- Whitehead et al. 536 (3): 893 -- The ... |
| | The muscle was conditioned with an isometric contraction at the test length, or at 3 mm longer than the test length and then returned to the test length, where the level of resting tension was measured, as well as tension changes during a slow stretch. | | | Passive mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius muscle of the cat -- Whitehead et al. | | | Passive mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius muscle of the cat |
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http://jp.physoc.org/cgi/content/abstract/536/3/893
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| | achilles tendonitis |
| | The purpose of this is to warm up the muscles to prepare them for the stretching and strengthening exercise that follows. | | | The stretching involves static stretches for both the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles. | | | Keep the leg completely straight, the heel on the floor and the toes pointing forward. |
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http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0832.htm
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| | Gray's Anatomy - Mechanics of Muscle - Yahoo! Reference |
| | Levers of the I Class are found in movements of the head where the occipito-atlantal joint acts as the fulcrum and the muscles on the back of the neck as the power. | | | the foot when one raises the body by contracting the Gastrocnemius and Soleus. | | | This is frequently, though wrongly, considered a lever of the II Class. |
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http://messenger.yahooligans.com/reference/gray/102.html
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| | Gastrocnemius Exercises |
| | Your search for Gastrocnemius found the following results... | | | Keep that in mind while visiting our site. | | | gluteus maximus, rectus femoris, biceps femoris, serratus anterior, biceps brachii, gastrocnemius |
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http://www.exercisedb.com/exercisedatabase/search.asp?muscle=Gastrocnemius
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| | Isolated Gastrocnemius Tightness -- DiGiovanni et al. 84 (6): 962 -- Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
| | under tension) and with the knee flexed (the gastrocnemius relaxed). | | | The control group consisted of thirty-four individuals without | | | No commercial entity paid or directed, or agreed to pay or direct, any benefits to any research fund, foundation, educational institution, or other charitable or nonprofit organization with which the authors are affiliated or associated. |
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http://www.ejbjs.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/6/962
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| | VI. The Arteries. 6c. The Popliteal Artery. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body. |
| | On its medial side, above, are the Semimembranosus and the medial condyle of the femur; below, the tibial nerve, the popliteal vein, and the medial head of the Gastrocnemius. | | | 550, 551), two in number, arise from the popliteal beneath the Gastrocnemius. | | | The medial superior genicular runs in front of the Semimembranosus and Semitendinosus, above the medial head of the Gastrocnemius, and passes beneath the tendon of the Adductor magnus. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/107/159.html
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| | HealthCentral - General Encyclopedia - Achilles tendonitis |
| | The inflammation may be associated with overuse syndrome, trauma, infectious process or an arthritic process. | | | Get the latest health news in your e-mail for FREE! | | | An inflammation of the Achilles tendon (the large thick tendon that connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles of the calf to the heel). |
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http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/001072.cfm
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| | fitFAQ.com: misc.fitness FAQ part 3 |
| | The two main muscles in this area are the Soleus, lower area, and the Gastrocnemius, the "meat" of the calves. | | | Muscles Worked: Gastrocnemius ------- TRICEP: Back of upper arm. | | | Adding Resistance : This is usually done on a machine with a place to add more weight. |
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http://www.fitfaq.com/fitness-faq-3.html
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| | Achilles heel, tendons, achilles tendinitis therapy and surgery |
| | Three sets of 15 straight-leg reps were conducted per workout, and there were also three sets of 15 reps performed with the unhealthy leg bent at the knee, to activate a deep-calf muscle called the soleus (when the leg is straight, the well-known gastrocnemius is forced to bear most of the load). | | | These straight-leg and bent-leg series of sets, which really didn't take long to carry out, were performed twice a day, seven days a week, for a total of 12 weeks | | | Speed of movement (the velocity with which the heel moved downward) was kept slow throughout the overall training period. |
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http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0031.htm
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