Asymptomatic Achilles tendon pathology is associated with a central fat distribution in men and a peripheral fat distribution in women: A cross sectional study of 298 individuals

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gaida, James E ^a   Alfredson, Håkan ^b   Kiss, Zoltan S ^c   Bass, Shona L ^a   Cook, Jill L ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Victoria House Medical Imaging   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; ULTRASOUND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TENDINITIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACHILLES TENDON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDINOPATHY; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949752907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-41     Document Type: Article

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