Gender differences in the viscoelastic properties of tendon structures

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 520-526

  Kubo, Keitaro ^a   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Medial gastrocnemius muscle; Muscle architecture; Stiffness; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDON; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0037973582     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0744-8     Document Type: Article

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