Achilles tendinopathy has an aberrant strain response to eccentric exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-17

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

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Conditioning; Fluid flow; Rehabilitation; Tendon; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TENDINITIS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 84355161787     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318227fa8c     Document Type: Article

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