Geometric and elastic properties of in vivo human Achilles tendon in young adults

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-203

  Muraoka, Tetsuro ^a,b,d   Muramatsu, Tadashi ^c   Fukunaga, Tetsuo ^d   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional area; Stiffness; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOELASTICITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; TIME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 20544473840     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000083731     Document Type: Article

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