Achilles tendon stiffness is unchanged one hour after a marathon

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3665-3671

  Peltonen, Jussi ^a   Cronin, Neil J ^a   Stenroth, Lauri ^a   Finni, Taija ^a   Avela, Janne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cost of transport; Foot strike pattern; Overuse; Running; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866872523     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068874     Document Type: Article

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