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Viewpoint: On the hysteresis in the human Achilles tendon.
Neil J. CroninTaija FinniJussi PeltonenLauri Stenrothsubject
musculoskeletal diseasesPhysicsAchilles tendonHuman studiesPhysiologyTendon stiffnessViscosityAnatomymusculoskeletal systemAchilles TendonTendonElastic recoilmedicine.anatomical_structureHysteresis (economics)Physiology (medical)Elastic ModulusmedicineHumansGastrocnemius tendonBiomarkersLocomotionBiomedical engineeringdescription
This viewpoint was stimulated by two observations: 1) the statistical skewness whereby numerous articles have reported tendon stiffness and Young9s modulus, but far fewer have reported tendon hysteresis; 2) in vivo human studies seem very often to report hysteresis values greater than 10%, suggesting either that there are methodological differences between human and animal studies, or that human tendons have a much poorer capacity to store and reutilize elastic energy. In this article we focus on the healthy human Achilles/gastrocnemius tendon (AT) since it has an important locomotor function and clearly a low AT hysteresis would allow elastic recoil for efficient locomotion. We discuss that both the measurement of tendon length and force and their correct synchronization can contribute to the variability of measures of tendon properties. Within the large variability the lower values are likely to be more valid, being consistent with animal studies.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-23 | Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) |