Effect of chronic unloading and rehabilitation on human Achilles tendon properties: A velocity-encoded phase-contrast MRI study

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1179-1186

  Shin, Dongsuk ^a   Finni, Taija ^c   Ahn, Sinyeob ^a   Hodgson, John A ^a   Lee, Hae Dong ^d   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a   Sinha, Shantanu ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Tendon stress strain; Toe region; Triceps surae strength; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON STRESS; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DYNAMOMETER; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 55449083495     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90699.2008     Document Type: Article

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