Gender differences in fascicular lengthening during eccentric contractions: The role of the patella tendon stiffness

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 235-244

  Hicks, K M ^a   Onambele Pearson, G L ^a   Winwood, K ^a   Morse, C I ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eccentric exercise; Fascicle lengthening; Gender; Tendon stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FASCICLE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ECCENTRIC EXERCISE; FASCICLE LENGTHENING; GENDER; TENDON STIFFNESS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885431884     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12159     Document Type: Article

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