Non-uniform displacements within the Achilles tendon observed during passive and eccentric loading

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2831-2835

  Slane, Laura Chernak ^a   Thelen, Darryl G ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Non uniform motion; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

LOADING; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ACHILLES TENDONS; DISPLACEMENT PATTERNS; NON-UNIFORM DEFORMATION; NON-UNIFORM MOTIONS; RADIO-FREQUENCY IMAGES; TISSUE DISPLACEMENT; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; YOUNG ADULT; ANKLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOOT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MALE; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908076677     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.07.032     Document Type: Article

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