Evaluation of functional muscle anatomy scalability in the canine hind limb |
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| Authors: | Billy P R Dries Ilse Jonkers Wim Van Den Broeck Benedicte Vanwanseele Lieve DeRycke Walter Dingemanse Jos Vander Sloten Henri Van Bree Ingrid Gielen |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Medical Imaging of Domestic Animals and Orthopaedics of Small Animals, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium;2. Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, Faculty of Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;3. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Morphology, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium;4. Kennel and Paddock, Veterinary Rehabilitation and Hydrotherapy, Reading, UK;5. Biomechanics Section, Faculty of Engineering Science, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | In contrast to other mammals, the large variation in dog sizes is not accompanied by any significant genetic re-organization. In order to study the relationship between body mass, limb length and the functional anatomical muscle parameters of the canine hind limb, a large dataset comprising of muscle masses, optimal muscle fibre lengths and physiological cross-sectional area's (PCSA) were acquired for twenty-five muscles in ten dogs of sizes varying between 20 kg and 52 kg. The potential of body mass and limb length for reliably scaling individual muscle masses, optimal muscle fibre lengths and PCSA's were examined. For the majority of the muscles of the canine hind limb, neither body mass nor limb length were reliable scaling parameter for either muscle masses, PCSA's and optimal fibre length. These results indicate the need of a breed-specific approach to musculoskeletal modelling in future canine musculoskeletal research. |
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| Keywords: | muscles dogs muscle fibers |
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