Method and strain rate dependence of Achilles tendon stiffness

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 947-953

  Theis, Nicola ^a   Mohagheghi, Amir A ^a   Korff, Thomas ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Strain rate; Tendon; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENDON STIFFNESS; TENDON STRESS; VELOCITY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; ROTATION; TORQUE;

EID: 84868194053     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: 18735711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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