Comments on Harkness-Armstrong et al. (2021) 'In vivo operating lengths of the gastrocnemius muscle during gait in children who idiopathically toe-walk'

Kirsten Veerkamp; Marjolein M van der Krogt; Niels F J Waterval; Thomas Geijtenbeek; Henry P J Walsh; Jaap Harlaar; Annemieke I Buizer; David G Lloyd; Christopher P Carty

doi:10.1113/EP090713

Comments on Harkness-Armstrong et al. (2021) 'In vivo operating lengths of the gastrocnemius muscle during gait in children who idiopathically toe-walk'

Exp Physiol. 2022 Dec;107(12):1521-1524. doi: 10.1113/EP090713. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

Authors

Kirsten Veerkamp^{1

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3

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5}, Marjolein M van der Krogt^{1

2}, Niels F J Waterval^{1

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6}, Thomas Geijtenbeek⁷, Henry P J Walsh^{4

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8}, Jaap Harlaar^{7

9}, Annemieke I Buizer^{1

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10}, David G Lloyd^{3

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5}, Christopher P Carty^{3

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8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Rehabilitation & Development, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Griffith Centre of Biomedical & Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ Advanced Design and Prototyping Technologies Institute (ADAPT), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
⁶ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁷ Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
⁸ Department of Orthopaedics, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁹ Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
¹⁰ Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 36288900
DOI: 10.1113/EP090713

No abstract available

Keywords: OpenSim; force-length curve; idiopathic toe walking; neuromusculoskeletal modelling; simulations.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena
Child
Gait* / physiology
Humans
Muscle, Skeletal / physiology
Toes / physiology
Walking* / physiology