Effect of eccentric training on the plantar flexor muscle-tendon tissue properties

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-123

  Mahieu, Nele Nathalie ^a   Mcnair, Peter ^b   Cools, Ann ^a   D'Haen, Caroline ^a   Vandermeulen, Katrien ^a   Witvrouw, Erik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Achilles; Heel drop; Passive resistive torque; Range of motion; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TENDON; TORQUE; TRAINING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS; TORQUE;

EID: 38049026817     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181599254     Document Type: Article

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