Figure 1

Experimental set up; (a) side view and (b) top view. The subject was positioned in lateral decubitus on the MRI table, with the foot of the dominant leg placed against a wooden plank. To load the dominant leg, a 25kg weight was attached to the plank using a cable. A coil was placed around the dominant leg for scanning purposes. The non-dominant leg was positioned to avoid any interference. A total of five scans were conducted: four scans were taken with the dominant leg loaded at angles of 90°, 60°, 30°, and 0° of knee flexion, and finally, an unloaded full lower limb scan was performed with the dominant leg at 0°.