Uphill treadmill running does not induce histopathological changes in the rat Achilles tendon

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dirks, Rachel C ^a   Richard, Jeffrey S ^a   Fearon, Angela M ^b,c   Scott, Alexander ^b,c   Koch, Lauren G ^d   Britton, Steven L ^d   Warden, Stuart J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Overuse; Tendinitis; Tendinopathy; Tendinosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADIPOCYTE; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMALS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RATS; RUNNING; TENDINOPATHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874809371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-90     Document Type: Article

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