In situ measurement of Achilles tendon tension during dorsiflexion

46th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium and 46th International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium 2009

Volumn 476, Issue , 2009, Pages 18-23

  Rowson, Steven ^a   McNally, Craig ^a   Duma, Stefan M ^a  

^a Medical Center Boulevard   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Dorsiflexion; Force; Instrument; Load cell; Rupture; Shoe

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; ANGULAR RATE SENSORS; AVERAGE ERRORS; DORSIFLEXION; DORSIFLEXIONS; EXTRINSIC FACTORS; GROUND REACTION FORCES; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LOAD CELLS; PIVOT POINT; RANGE OF MOTIONS; STRONG CORRELATION; TESTING APPARATUS;

INSTRUMENTS; LANDFORMS; LOADS (FORCES); MOUNTINGS;

TENDONS;

EID: 72849121761     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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