Adaptational responses of the human Achilles tendon by modulation of the applied cyclic strain magnitude

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2743-2753

  Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a   Karamanidis, Kiros ^a   Albracht, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Exercise; in vivo; MRI; Strain; Tendon plasticity; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34548175990     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.003814     Document Type: Article

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