Plasticity of human Achilles tendon mechanical and morphological properties in response to cyclic strain

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3073-3079

  Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a,b   Peper, Andreas ^a   Bierbaum, Stefanie ^a   Albracht, Kirsten ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Centre of Sport Science and Sport Medicine Berlin CSSB   (Germany)

^c GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

In vivo; MRI; Tendon adaptation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; ANKLE JOINT MOMENTS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; CYCLIC STRAIN; FLEXION MOMENTS; HIGH STRAINS; IN-VIVO; LOW FREQUENCY; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; MRI; STRAIN MAGNITUDE; TENDON ELASTIC MODULUS; TENDON FORCES;

ELASTIC MODULI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICITY; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE PRESSURE; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; RIGIDITY; TENDON STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LEG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549254834     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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