Could intra-tendinous hyperthermia during running explain chronic injury of the human Achilles tendon?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 822-826

  Farris, Dominic James ^a,b   Trewartha, Grant ^a   Polly McGuigan, Miranda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b USA and North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Tendinopathy; Tendon mechanics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; CHRONIC INJURY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREAS; FORCE DATA; HEAT ENERGY; INJURY MECHANISMS; INPUT VALUES; INVERSE DYNAMICS; KINEMATIC DATA; KINETIC DATA; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYSTERESIS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SPORTING GOODS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; ULTRASONICS;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYSTERESIS; KINEMATICS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TENDON INJURY; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEVER; HUMANS; KINETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RUNNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952038720     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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