Anatomical Cross Sectional Area
Acsa for an individual muscle the largest cross sectional area along the length of that muscle.
Anatomical cross sectional area. Cross sections are two dimensional axial views of gross anatomical structures seen in transverse planes. Adventure club san antonio texas acsa. Anatomical cross sectional area.
It is not the same as the anatomical cross sectional area which is the area of the crossection of a muscle perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. Alum creek sailing association lewis center oh acsa. Cross sectional area acsa in the middle aged and elderly population with regard to the difference in the posture during sts test and aimed to develop an accurate predicting equation of the qf acsa from the sts test score.
Acsa stands for anatomical cross sectional area. In a non pennate muscle the fibers are parallel to the longitudinal axis and therefore pcsa and acsa coincid. Correlation coefficients between anatomical cross sectional area of quadriceps femoris and a knee extension torque b leg extension power c d the time and e f the power of sit stand test score for each condition were presented.
Cross sectional areas may be measured non invasively by nuclear magnetic resonance imaging techniques which reconstruct three dimensional images of individual muscles. Therefore if a cross section is parallel to the top or bottom of the solid the area of the cross section is l w. V l w h.
The relationship between quadriceps femoris muscle size and performance of physical function. Armenian churches sports association. It is typically used to describe the contraction properties of pennate muscles.
Compare physiological cross sectional area. Association of certified security agencies singapore acsa. 105 males 40 81 years and 113 females 41 79 years participated in.