Achilles tendon length changes during walking in long-term diabetes patients

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 476-482

  Cronin, Neil J ^a,b   Peltonen, Jussi ^b   Ishikawa, Masaki ^c   Komi, Paavo V ^b   Avela, Janne ^b   Sinkjaer, Thomas ^a   Voigt, Michael ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Human walking; Muscle tendon interaction; Stretch reflex; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; COLLAGEN FIBRILS; CONTROL SUBJECT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES PATIENTS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY; FORCE PLATFORM; HUMAN WALKING; JOINT ANGLE; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SIDE EFFECT; STRETCH REFLEX; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR; TISSUE STIFFNESS; WALKING EFFICIENCY; WALKING SPEED;

HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MUSCLE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACHILLES TENDON; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE; WALKING;

EID: 77951294743     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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