Restoration of strength despite low stress and abnormal imaging after achilles injury

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2009-2016

  Trudel, Guy ^a   Doherty, Geoffrey P ^a   Koike, Yoichi ^a   Ramachandran, Nanthan ^a   Lecompte, Martin ^a   Dinh, Laurent ^a   Uhthoff, Hans K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Magnetic resonance; Rabbit; Tendonitis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL DENSITY; PREDICTION; RABBIT; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUEBEC; RABBITS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 70350222359     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a706f0     Document Type: Article

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