Blood flow in the peritendinous space of the human achilles tendon during exercise

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Langberg, H ^a   Bulow J ^a   Kjaer M ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lymph drainage; Muscular exercise; Tendon injury; Xenon washout

Indexed keywords

XENON 133;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG MUSCLE; LYMPH FLOW; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0031840923     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1998.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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