Non-uniform displacement within the Achilles tendon during passive ankle joint motion

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1868-1874

  Arndt, Anton ^a,b   Bengtsson, Ann Sophie ^a   Peolsson, Michael ^a   Thorstensson, Alf ^b   Movin, Tomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Asymmetrical displacement; Ultrasound speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 84865506209     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-011-1801-9     Document Type: Article

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