Conditioning of the Achilles tendon via ankle exercise improves correlations between sonographic measures of tendon thickness and body anthropometry

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1384-1389

  Wearing, Scott C ^a   Grigg, Nicole L ^b   Hooper, Sue L ^c   Smeathers, James E ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Collagen; Imaging; Soft tissue morphology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECHOGRAPHY; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TENDON;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79956142844     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00075.2011     Document Type: Article

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