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Table 2 Supported correlations of muscle properties with posture variables. The sign indicates whether the relationship between kinematic and muscle properties was positive or negative

From: How to build your dragon: scaling of muscle architecture from the world’s smallest to the world’s largest monitor lizard

Muscle

Muscle mass

Fascicle length

PCSA

Pennation

Distal moment arm

Proximal moment arm

Femur muscles

      

   AFEM

      

   ILFEM

 

+FADD

    

   PIF

 

+HH

    

   CFEML

 

+HH, −FR

+FRo, −FR, −KA

   

   CFEMB

      

Knee extensors

      

   ILTIB

+HH, +FA, −KA

   

+KA*

 

   AMD (D)

      

   AMD (V)

      

   FTIB

-KA

+FADD

 

+KA

  

Knee flexors

      

   FTE

      

   FTI(D)

-FR, −KA

 

-HH, −AA

 

+AA

 

   FTI(S)

-FR, −KA, +FRo

-FR

-KA

 

+AA

 

   PIT

-FR, −KA

     

   PTIB

-FRo

 

-HH, −AA

 

-KA*

 

   ILFIB

-FR, −FRo

     

Ankle plantarflexors

      

   GAST

  

-KA, −FR, +FADD

 

+AA

+AA*

   PLONG

+FADD

+FRo, +FADD, −FR, −KA*, +FDep

-KA, +FADD

+FR

+FADD

+FDep

   FDL

      

Ankle dorsiflexors

      

   TIBA

      

   PBREV

      

   EDL

-KA, −FR

+FADD, −KA

-KA, +FADD*

   
  1. AA Ankle Angle, FADD Femur Adduction, FDep Femur Depression, FR Femur Retraction, FRo Femur Rotation, KA Knee Angle, HH hip height at midstance, KA knee angle at midstance. *P = 0.05-0.09