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Figure 3

From: Muscle function during single leg landing

Figure 3

Mean (bars) and SD (error bars) body mass normalised lower limb musculotendinous eccentric (a) and concentric (b) mechanical work across the landing phase (initial contact to peak knee flexion) of a single-leg drop landing from a 0.31 m height. VASTI, vasti (sum of vastus intermedius, lateralis and medialis); SOLEUS, soleus; GMAX, gluteus maximus; GMED, gluteus medius (sum of gluteus medius and minimius), HAM, biarticular hamstrings (sum of biceps femoris long head, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus); ILPSO, iliopsoas (sum of iliacus and psoas major); DORSI, ankle dorsiflexors (sum of tibialis anterior, extensor hallucis and digitorum longus).

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