Effects of repeated ankle stretching on calf muscle-tendon and ankle biomechanical properties in stroke survivors

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 516-522

  Gao, Fan ^a   Ren, Yupeng ^b   Roth, Elliot J ^b,c   Harvey, Richard ^b,c   Zhang, Li Qun ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle tendon; Spasticity; Stroke; Triceps surae muscles; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; ANKLE JOINTS; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; CALF MUSCLE; DORSIFLEXIONS; HEALTHY CONTROLS; JOINT STIFFNESS; MUSCLE FASCICLES; PASSIVE JOINTS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SPASTICITY; STROKE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND; UNDER MATCHED;

BIOMECHANICS; STIFFNESS; TENDONS; TORQUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TENDON; TORQUE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ANKLE JOINT; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION THERAPY, CONTINUOUS PASSIVE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE; TENDONS;

EID: 79955646736     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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