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The maximum anatomical muscle cross-sectional areas and volumes of the muscles in the lower part of the body, thigh, and shank were measured by magnetic resonance imaging. The largest cross-sectional areas were 145.65 and 63 cm2 in m. gluteus maximus and m. vastus, respectively, referred to as mm. adductors. In the thigh, m. vastus had the largest volume, 1505 ± 271 cm3, and in the shank, m. soleus had the largest volume, 552 ± 64 cm3. Close correlations (0.50 < R < 0.75) between the maximum areas of the lower extremity muscles were evidence for a certain relationship between the muscle cross-sections. A multiple regression equation was formulated to calculate the maximum anatomical cross-sectional areas and volumes in the muscles of the lower extremities with respect to some anthropometric parameters.
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Voronov, A.V. Anatomical Cross-Sectional Areas and Volumes of the Muscles of the Lower Extremities. Human Physiology 29, 201–211 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022954929403
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