Patellar tendon load in different types of eccentric squats

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 704-711

  Frohm, A ^a,b   Halvorsen, K ^c,d   Thorstensson, A ^c,d  

^a Swedish Sports Confederation   (Sweden)

^b Section of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decline board; Eccentric exercise; Knee joint load; Patellar tendon force; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE EQUIPMENT; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TENDONS;

DECLINE BOARDS; ECCENTRIC EXERCISE; KNEE JOINT LOADS; PATELLAR TENDON FORCES; TENDINOPATHY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON DISEASE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATELLAR LIGAMENT;

EID: 34249685590     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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