Identifying factors related to Achilles tendon stress, strain, and stiffness before and after 6 months of growth in youth 10-14 years of age

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2457-2461

  Neugebauer, Jennifer M ^a   Hawkins, David A ^a,b  

^a Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical properties; Physical activity; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS; SEX; TESTING SESSIONS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TENDONS;

STIFFNESS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAXIMAL ISOMETRIC PLANTAR FLEXION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE C; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TENDON REST LENGTH; TENDON STIFFNESS; TENDON STRAIN; TENDON STRESS; TORQUE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865863636     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.06.027     Document Type: Article

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