Evolution of the Achilles tendon: The athlete's Achilles heel?

Foot

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 193-197

  Malvankar, S ^a   Khan, W S ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Athlete; Bipedal locomotion; Evolution; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GAIT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEEL; HUMAN; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TENDON INJURY; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ACHILLES TENDON; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RUNNING; RUPTURE; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 82155185168     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: 15322963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foot.2011.08.004     Document Type: Review

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