Motor responses to experimental Achilles tendon pain

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 393-398

  Henriksen, Marius ^a   Aaboe, Jens ^a   Graven Nielsen, Thomas ^b   Bliddal, Henning ^a,b   Langberg, Henning ^c  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; TENDINOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651347268     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2010.072561     Document Type: Article

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