Achilles tendon adaptation during strength training in young adults

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1147-1152

  Urlando, Alessandro ^a   Hawkins, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Isometric; Morphology; Muscle; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LOWER LEG; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRENGTH; TENDON LESION; TENDON STRESS; TISSUE SECTION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 34347345076     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31805371d1     Document Type: Article

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