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The current study aimed to simplify the method by reducing the number of markers while maintaining high accuracy. Eleven participants walked (1.4 m\/s) and ran (2.5, 3.5 m\/s) on a treadmill, and the AT curvature was quantified using reflective foil markers aligned with the AT between the origin on the gastrocnemius myotendinous-junction (tracked by ultrasound) and a marker on the calcaneal insertion. Foil markers were then systematically removed, and the introduced error on the assessment of AT length and strain was calculated. We found a significant main effect of marker number on the measurement error of AT length and strain (p&lt;0.001). Using more than 30% of the full marker-set for walking and 50% for running, the R2 of the AT length error saturated, corresponding to average errors of &lt;0.1 mm and &lt;0.15% strain. 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