Age-related effect of static and cyclic loadings on the strain-force curve of the vastus lateralis tendon and aponeurosis

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mademli, Lida ^a   Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a   Walsh, Mark ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fatigue; Knee extension; Tendon compliance; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; DYNAMIC LOADS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; SHRINKAGE; STRAIN; TENDONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGE-RELATED; CYCLIC LOADINGS; FORCE CURVES; IN-VIVO; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; KNEE JOINT MOMENT; LOADING PROTOCOLS; LONG LASTING; MECHANICAL LOADINGS; STRAIN LEVELS; STRAIN VALUES; TENDON FORCES; YOUNG ADULTS;

LOADS (FORCES);

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LOADING TEST; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXERTION; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSCILLOMETRY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 47149105638     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2838036     Document Type: Article

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