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1 Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-03, Japan; 2 Department of Kinesiology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405; 3 Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1292; and 4 Nippon Sport Science University, Setagaya, Tokyo 158-8508, Japan
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The purpose of this study was to
investigate the relationship between muscle fascicle length and sprint
running performance in 37 male 100-m sprinters. The sample was divided
into two performance groups by the personal-best 100-m time:
10.00-10.90 s (S10; n = 22) and 11.00-11.70 s (S11;
n = 15). Muscle thickness and fascicle pennation angle of the
vastus lateralis and gastrocnemius medialis and lateralis muscles were
measured by B-mode ultrasonography, and fascicle length was estimated.
Standing height, body weight, and leg length were similar between
groups. Muscle thickness was similar between groups for vastus
lateralis and gastrocnemius medialis, but S10 had a significantly
greater gastrocnemius lateralis muscle thickness. S10 also had a
greater muscle thickness in the upper portion of the thigh, which,
given similar limb lengths, demonstrates an altered "muscle
shape." Pennation angle was always less in S10 than in S11. In all
muscles, S10 had significantly greater fascicle length than did S11,
which significantly correlated with 100-m best performance (r
values from 
0.40 to 0.57). It is concluded that
longer fascicle length is associated with greater sprinting performance.
pennation angle; shortening velocity; muscle shape
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IT IS USUALLY AGREED THAT sprint running performance requires the ability to generate a high velocity of shortening in the locomotor muscles. Muscle shortening velocity is determined by biochemical (myosin ATPase activity) (7, 28) and architectural (fiber length; the number of sarcomeres in series) (9, 27, 30) characteristics. Most studies concerning the capacity for shortening velocity in leg muscles and sprint running performance have focused on biochemical properties. Shortening velocity of knee extensor muscles is significantly correlated with the percentage of fast-twitch fibers in the vastus lateralis (VL) muscles (32). Several studies have demonstrated that male and female sprinters have a high percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibers in the leg muscles (8, 12). Furthermore, maximum running speed and 100-m sprint running performance are related to the percentage of fast-twitch muscle fibers (23).
Although biochemical properties are important in determining maximal shortening velocity of muscle (7), muscle architectural characteristics have been shown to play an important role in modulating biochemical effects (9, 27, 30). Differences in maximal shortening velocity between muscles were determined, to a much greater extent, by differences in muscle fiber length rather than by biochemical differences (11, 27). However, little other scientific data exist regarding the relationship between fiber length and muscle shortening velocity.
Recently, we showed that elite sprinters, compared with elite distance and marathon runners and untrained controls, had longer fascicle lengths and lesser pennation angles (5). This suggested that differences in sprinting ability may be related to differences in fascicle length. From these data and from previous animal studies, we hypothesized that fascicle length plays an important role in determining sprint running performance in humans. Thus the purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between architectural characteristics of leg muscles (fascicle length) and sprint running performance within a population of highly trained 100-m sprint specialists.
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Subjects. Thirty-seven male 100-m sprinters, having 6-15 yr (7.8 ± 1.9 yr) of professional experience, were recruited for the study. Informed consent was obtained from all the subjects, and the study was approved by the department's ethical commission. Personal-best performance for 100-m sprint was recorded for each sprinter from recent published competition results. Best 100-m sprint times ranged between 10.00 and 11.70 s. For comparison by sprint running performance, the sample was divided into two groups according to the personal-best 100-m record: 10.00-10.90 s (S10; n = 22) and 11.00-11.70 s (S11; n = 15).
Measurement of fat-free mass.
Fat-free mass was estimated from body density by using the subcutaneous
fat measurements from ultrasound (described in Measurement of
skeletal muscle distribution). Our laboratory (1) has
reported previously that the SE of the estimate of body density using
ultrasound equations is ~0.006 g/ml (2.5% body fat) for
men. Body fat percentage was calculated from the body
density by using the equation of Brozek et al. (10). Fat-free mass was
estimated as the difference between total body mass and fat mass.
Measurement of limb lengths. Limb lengths were measured by using anatomic landmarks; thigh length, the distance between the lateral condyle of the femur and greater trochanter; lower leg length, the distance between the lateral malleolus of the fibula and the lateral condyle of the tibia; upper arm length, the distance between the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and the acromial process of the scapula; and forearm length, the distance between the styloid process and the head of the radius.
Measurement of skeletal muscle distribution.
Skeletal muscle distribution was determined by assessing muscle
thickness of various muscles across the body. Muscle thickness represents the "depth" or thickness of a muscle measured between fat and bone of a particular muscle group. It is known that muscle thickness is significantly correlated with muscle anatomic
cross-sectional area (r = 0.91, P < 0.001) and thus
would be an index of the muscle size (2). Muscle thickness was measured
by B-mode ultrasound (model SSD-500, Aloka, Tokyo, Japan) at 13 sites
[anterior (at 30, 50, and 70% thigh length) and posterior (at 50 and 70%) thigh, anterior and posterior lower leg (at 30%), lateral
forearm (at 30%), anterior and posterior upper arm (at 60%), abdomen,
subscapula, and chest] as described previously (1, 3). These
measurements are independent of muscle group and are reported by
anatomic site. Briefly, the measurements were carried out while the
subjects stood with their elbows and knees extended and relaxed. A
5-MHz scanning head was placed perpendicular to the tissue interface. The scanning head was coated with water-soluble transmission gel to
provide acoustic contact without depressing the dermal surface. The
subcutaneous adipose tissue-muscle interface and the muscle-bone interface were identified from recordings of the ultrasonic image, and
the distance from the adipose tissue-muscle interface to the muscle-bone interface was accepted as muscle thickness (Fig.
1A). Precision and linearity of the
image reconstruction have been described and confirmed elsewhere (18).
The estimated coefficient of variation of this method from test-retest
was 0.8%.
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Measurement of skeletal muscle architectural characteristics.
Skeletal muscle architecture of specific muscles within a muscle group
were measured in vivo as described previously (1, 2), by using the
B-mode ultrasound apparatus. We studied three specific leg muscles: VL
(midway between the lateral condyle of the femur and greater
trochanter), gastrocnemius medialis (GM; 30% proximal between the
lateral malleoulus of the fibula and the lateral condyle of the tibia),
and gastrocnemius lateralis (GL; at the same level as GM). Briefly, the
ultrasound transducer was placed perpendicularly to the specific muscle
to observe a cross-sectional image (Fig. 1A), and then the
transducer was shifted to a position that is parallel to the specific
muscle resulting in a longitudinal image (Fig. 1B). This is
done by manipulating the position of the transducer while viewing the
ultrasound image in real time. Again, by using recordings of the
ultrasonic images, the distance between subcutaneous adipose
tissue-muscle interface and intermuscular interface in the
cross-sectional image was accepted as muscle thickness. In the present
study we measured only the thickness of the superficial specific muscle
(e.g., VL, GM, or GL) and thus use the term isolated muscle
thickness. The angles between the echo of the deep
aponeurosis of the muscle and interspaces among the fascicles of the
muscles in the longitudinal image was measured as pennation angle (see
in Fig. 1B). From the isolated muscle thickness (MTH) and
the pennation angle, the fascicle length across the deep and
superficial aponeurosis was estimated from the following
equation
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is the pennation angle of each muscle determined by ultrasound.
Ultrasonic measurements differed from manual measurements of pennation
angle in cadavers by only 0-1° (18). The estimated coefficient
of variation of this fascicle length determination is 4.7%.
Statistical analysis.
Results are expressed as means ± SD. A one-way ANOVA was used for
comparison between the two performance groups with the priori level of
statistical significance set at P 
0.05. Relationships between selected architectural variables and 100-m sprint performance time were examined by using Pearson-product moment correlations.
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Subject characteristics. There were no significant differences between S10 and S11 in standing height (172 ± 4 vs. 173 ± 6 cm, respectively), body weight (66.3 ± 4.1 vs. 64.7 ± 6.4 kg, respectively), fat-free mass ( 61.6 ± 3.8 vs. 58.9 ± 5.1 kg, respectively), and thigh (39.2 ± 1.6 vs. 39.4 ± 2.0 cm, respectively) and lower leg (39.3 ± 1.6 vs. 39.9 ± 2.2 cm, respectively) lengths. Percent body fat was significantly lower in S10 (6.8 ± 1.3%) than in S11 (8.6 ± 2.0%). On average, personal-best 100-m times of S10 and S11 were 10.58 ± 0.23 s (range 10.00-10.90 s) and 11.37 ± 0.22 s (range 11.00-11.70 s), respectively.
Skeletal muscle distribution.
All data are summarized in Table
1. Muscle thickness was
significantly greater in S10 than in S11 in the upper portion of the
thigh (30% anterior and 50% posterior) and in the posterior lower
leg. Muscle thickness of anterior upper arm and subscapula were also
significantly greater in S10 than in S11. All other sites were
comparable between groups.
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Skeletal muscle architecture.
Isolated muscle thickness of GL muscle was significantly greater in S10
than in S11 (Table 2). There were no group
differences in isolated muscle thickness of the VL or GM muscles (Table
2). S10 had a significantly lower pennation angle than did S11 in all
selected muscles (Table 2). Fascicle length, absolute and relative to
limb length, was significantly greater in S10 than in S11 for all
selected muscles (Table 2).
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0.38 and r = 0.39, respectively, both P < 0.05), 50% posterior
upper leg (r = 0.45, P < 0.01 and r = 0.41, P < 0.05), and posterior lower leg
(r = 0.40, P < 0.05 and r = 0.45, P < 0.01) were negatively correlated with 100-m
sprint time. Isolated muscle thickness, absolute and relative to limb
length, was negatively correlated with 100-m sprint time in GL muscle
thickness (r = 0.36, P < 0.05 and r = 0.42, P < 0.05, respectively), but not in VL
(r = 0.17 and r = 0.19) or GM
(r = 0.25 and r = 0.29) muscles. Fascicle
length, relative to limb length, was positively correlated to isolated
muscle thickness (relative to limb length) in VL (r = 0.44, P < 0.01), GM (r = 0.71, P < 0.01), and GL
(r = 0.77, P < 0.01) muscles.
Pennation angle had significant correlation with 100-m sprint time in
VL (r = 0.34, P < 0.05), GM (r = 0.37, P < 0.05) and GL (r = 0.46, P < 0.01).
Fascicle length, relative to limb length, was negatively correlated to
pennation angle in VL (r = 0.77, P < 0.01), GM
(r = 0.67, P < 0.01) and GL (r = 0.66, P < 0.01) muscles.
There were significant negative correlations between absolute fascicle
length and 100-m sprint time in the VL (r = 0.44, P < 0.01), GM (r = 0.40, P < 0.05),
and GL (r = 0.54, P < 0.01) muscles. Fascicle
length, relative to limb length, was also negatively, and
significantly, correlated with 100-m sprint time in the VL, GM, and GL
muscles (Fig. 2).
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Muscle fibers are packed in bundles, fascicles, which extend from the proximal to distal tendons. In many cases, when investigators refer to muscle fiber length, they are actually referring to fascicle length (13, 16, 29). We have conducted cadaver dissections (unpublished observations) and confirmed that individual fibers run entire length of the fascicles in several muscles in lower limb of humans. However, there is new evidence that suggests that midfascicle connections and fiber tapering are more prevalent than previously believed (24, 33). Therefore, fascicle length and muscle fiber length may not be synonymous. However, because the preponderance of muscle fibers are connected serially to "create" a functional unit, the fascicle, it is the length of this functional unit that may be the more preferable parameter when considering whole muscle shortening velocity and function (19). Our purpose was not to estimate human muscle fiber length, but rather it was to explore the relationship between fascicle length and sprint performance.
Comparison with other studies. Muscle fiber shortening velocity is determined by muscle fiber type composition (myosin ATPase activity) (7, 28) and muscle fiber length (the number of sarcomeres in series) (9, 27, 30). It is reasonable to predict that these two characteristics would determine sprint running performance. Previously (23), relationships between fiber type composition (percentage of fast-twitch fibers) and sprint running performance (maximum running speed and 100-m sprint performance) have been reported. However, in that study, range of the fiber composition was from 57 to 83% for a 100-m sprint time of ~10.5 s. Although this would be expected, at the same time it indicates that factors other than fiber composition and twitch characteristics may be associated with sprint performance and supports the idea that muscle fascicle length may be an important determinant of sprint running performance. Our previous study (5) reported that the fascicle length (relative to limb length) of the selected locomotor muscles (VL, GM, GL) is significantly greater in elite sprinters than that observed in elite long-distance runners or untrained control subjects. In the present study, we directly demonstrate that sprint performance is related to fascicle length; there were significant correlations between 100-m personal-best performance and absolute and relative fascicle length in selected leg muscles within male 100-m sprint specialists. These findings demonstrate that the differences in muscle fascicle length coincide with differences in sprint performance.
Although there were significant relationships between muscle fascicle length and sprint performance, the correlation coefficients were moderate (r values between0.40 and 0.57).
Furthermore, the muscles investigated in this study are pennate such
that muscle shortening velocity would be a function of the cosine of
the pennation angle as seen with force-generating characteristics (19).
To demonstrate the theoretical impact of greater fascicle length and
muscle thickness and lesser pennation angle to sprint performance, we
have developed a schematic illustration of a pennate GL muscle (Fig.
3) by using data from Table 2. As the
fascicles (fibers) shorten, they pivot about their origin, increasing
their pennation angle and pulling the two tendons toward each other,
although the distance between the two aponeuroses is kept constant
(26). In this model, we will assume an average muscle shortening of 10% of fascicle length in a pennate muscle and a 250-ms duration of
muscular shortening activity (6). For S11 the fascicle shortening would
be 0.66 cm. This will result in tendon excursion of 0.68 cm, and
shortening velocity would be 2.72 cm/s. However, at fascicle length of
8.07 cm for S10, the tendon excursion would be 0.83 cm and shortening
velocity would be 3.31 cm/s. Therefore, S10 would shorten ~22%
faster than would S11. Thus it seems apparent that greater fascicle
length in a pennate muscle would confer greater shortening velocity of
the muscle.
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Origin of architectural differences. The remaining questioning regarding these data is the origin of the architectural differences among sprinters. It is quite possible that greater fascicle length and altered muscle shape are genetically conferred, which predisposes individuals to sprint performance. However, a second possibility is that fascicle lengthening and muscle shape are specific adaptations to high-intensity, sprint training and/or high-intensity resistance training used by sprinters. The possibility of muscle fascicle lengthening in humans as a result of muscle enlargement and/or chronic and acute stretch is still only speculative, although there is evidence of fiber lengthening in animal models (15, 22, 31). Recently, our laboratory (20) reported that fascicle length is significantly greater in cross-section of Japanese sumo wrestlers compared with untrained Japanese male controls. The muscle enlargement in the sumo wrestlers was associated with greater fascicle length (significant positive correlation between muscle fascicle length and isolated muscle thickness). In the present study, we also found that fascicle length is positively correlated to isolated muscle thickness for all selected leg muscles in the 100-m sprint specialists. The relationship between fascicle length and increased muscle thickness lends intriguing support to the possibility that fascicle lengthening may occur in humans as an adaptation to training (21), but more data are needed. Regarding muscle shape, Narici et al. (26) reported nonuniform changes in cross-sectional area along the length of the quadriceps muscle after high-intensity resistance training. They suggested that each of the muscles of the quadriceps group may have varying degrees of hypertrophic responsiveness. However, differences could be simply related to specific motor unit recruitment patterns involved in the specific type of training. Regardless, it appears that differences or changes in muscle shape, especially in the quadriceps and hamstring muscle groups, are associated with sprint performance. The possible genetic or training-specific origin of these architectural differences will require further study.
In conclusion, it appears that greater fascicle length and altered muscle shape, whether a genetic predisposition or a specific consequence of training, are associated with superior sprint performance.| |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
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The authors thank the athletes and coaches of the Japan Track and Field Association and the track and field teams of several universities who participated in this study.
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This work was supported in part by TMU Body Design Research Grant 980926.
The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §1734 solely to indicate this fact.
Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: T. Abe, Dept. of Exercise and Sport Science, Tokyo Metropolitan Univ., 1-1 Minamiohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 19203, Japan (E-mail: abebe{at}comp.metro-u.ac.jp).
Received 22 April 1999; accepted in final form 22 October 1999.
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