Uphill running improves rat Achilles tendon tissue mechanical properties and alters gene expression without inducing pathological changes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 827-836

  Heinemeier, K M ^a   Skovgaard, D ^a   Bayer, M L ^a   Qvortrup, K ^b   Kjaer, A ^a   Kjaer, M ^a   Magnusson, S P ^a,c   Kongsgaard, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Exercise; Loading; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RUNNING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RUNNING;

EID: 84865756135     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00401.2012     Document Type: Article

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