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Musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function
Includes bibliographical references.
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| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Viljoen, Lawrence Wayne |
| author2 | Lambert, Mike |
| author_browse | Lambert, Mike Viljoen, Lawrence Wayne |
| author_facet | Lambert, Mike Viljoen, Lawrence Wayne |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3214 Musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function Viljoen, Lawrence Wayne Lambert, Mike Human Biology Includes bibliographical references. Musculotendinous stiffness or elasticity is difficult to measure in vivo. Therefore, various procedures have been used in an attempt to quantify the contribution of the elastic properties of muscle and tendon to stretch shortening cycle performance. The results are variable, perhaps as a result of the different techniques utilised. Although several studies have suggested an association between a more compliant muscle-tendon complex, and enhanced stretch shortening cycle performance, this interpretation is not conclusive and needs further testing with particular attention being focused on the non-invasive, in vivo measurement of musculotendinous stiffness. Accordingly, the primary goal of this dissertation was to identify the relationship between the mechanical characteristics of the muscle-tendon complex, in particular tendon stiffness, and stretch shortening cycle muscle function. 2014-07-28T18:15:45Z 2014-07-28T18:15:45Z 2004 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3214 eng application/pdf Department of Human Biology Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Human Biology Viljoen, Lawrence Wayne Musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function |
| title_full | Musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function |
| title_fullStr | Musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function |
| title_full_unstemmed | Musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function |
| title_short | Musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function |
| title_sort | musculotendinous stiffness and muscle function |
| topic | Human Biology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3214 |
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