Mechanical properties of the triceps surae tendon and aponeurosis in relation to intensity of sport activity

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1946-1952

  Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a   Karamanidis, Kiros ^a   Morey Klapsing, Gaspar ^a   De Monte, Gianpiero ^a   Stafilidis, Savvas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

In vivo; Running; Sprinting; Tendon adaptation; Tendon stiffness; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

APONEUROSIS; TENDON ADAPTATION; TENDON STIFFNESS;

TENDONS;

ADULT; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYNAMOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; TENDONS;

EID: 34249675020     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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