Viewpoint: On the hysteresis in the human Achilles tendon

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-517

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACHILLES TENDON; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACHILLES TENDON; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84874224995     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01005.2012     Document Type: Review

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