Morphological and mechanical properties of the human triceps surae aponeuroses taken from elderly cadavers: Implications for muscle-tendon interactions

• Xiyao Shan ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiyao Shan, Yasuo Kawakami

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, Department of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

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• Shun Otsuka ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, Department of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

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• Tomiko Yakura ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2605-8396

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• Munekazu Naito ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

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• Takashi Nakano ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

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• Yasuo Kawakami

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xiyao Shan, Yasuo Kawakami

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ykawa@waseda.jp

  Affiliations Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan, Department of Anatomy, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0588-4039

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