Influence of calcaneus angle and muscle forces on strain distribution in the human Achilles tendon

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 955-961

  Lersch, Christian ^a   Grötsch, Alexander ^a   Segesser, Bernhard ^b   Koebke, Jürgen ^c   Brüggemann, Gert Peter ^a   Potthast, Wolfgang ^a,d  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Rennbahnklinik Muttenz ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Calcaneus; Fascicle orientation; Strain distribution

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDONS; CALCANEUS; FORCE APPLICATION; FORCE DISTRIBUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; IN-VIVO; MOTION PATTERN; MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; OVERUSE INJURY; REARFOOT; STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; SUBTALAR JOINTS; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

LOADING; MUSCLE;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTALAR JOINT; TENDON INJURY; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84866364865     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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