Immediate achilles tendon response after strength training evaluated by MRI

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1841-1846

  Shalabi, Adel ^a   Kristoffersen Wiberg, Maria ^a   Aspelin, Peter ^a   Movin, Tomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Concentric training; Eccentric training; Intratendinous signal; MRI; Total tendon volume

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ACHILLES TENDINOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENDON DISEASE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; TENDINOPATHY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 8144222795     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000145450.75035.61     Document Type: Article

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