Force in the achilles tendon during walking with ankle foot orthosis

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1200-1207

  Fröberg, Åsa ^c   Komi, Paavo ^a   Lshikawa, Masaki ^b   Movin, Tomas ^c   Arndt, Anton ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon loading; Ankle foot orthosis (AFO); Electromyography (EMG); Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; FOOT ORTHOSIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RUPTURE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649540411     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546508330126     Document Type: Article

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