Calf muscle-tendon properties and postural balance in old age

GL Onambele, MV Narici… - Journal of applied …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
… calf muscles. We hypothesized that ageing deteriorates these muscle-tendon characteristics…
partly explain the variance in, postural balance performance, especially in more demanding …

Effects of bilateral Achilles tendon vibration on postural orientation and balance during standing

C Thompson, M Bélanger, J Fung - Clinical Neurophysiology, 2007 - Elsevier
… by consistent modifications in muscle activity. … in postural equilibrium, orientation and
muscle activities in the sagittal plane in the last 5 s of a 30-s exposure to bilateral Achilles tendon

Effects of plantar cutaneo-muscular and tendon vibration on posture and balance during quiet and perturbed stance

C Thompson, M Bélanger, J Fung - Human movement science, 2011 - Elsevier
… vibration-induced falling reactions that depend on the tendon or the region of the sole that is
… -muscular vibration and bilateral Achilles tendon vibration (ATV) on the postural strategies …

Human postural control during standing posture with a muscle-tendon actuator

DB Coelho, M Duarte - International Journal of Experimental …, 2014 - inderscienceonline.com
… of human postural control system, … posture, with the presentation of a model of muscle-tendon
actuator. The way in which the subsystems of human control, such as the dynamic muscle, …

[PDF][PDF] Paradoxical muscle movement during postural control

ID Loram, CN Maganaris, M Lakie - Medicine & science in sports …, 2009 - scholar.archive.org
… Verification required observation and recording of small displacements of contractile tissue
during postural sway. Ultrasound imaging of muscle and tendon was well established as a …

Mechanisms and models of postural stability and control

K Iqbal - 2011 annual international conference of the IEEE …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
postural stability and control in the body include supraspinal processes responsible for
anticipatory postural … passive viscoelasticity of the musculo-tendon complex (MTC). Nevertheless, …

Improvements in muscle-tendon properties are beneficial to balance in multiple sclerosis

GLN Onambélé, H Degens - Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
… We hypothesized that compromised postural balance in MS can be improved by training-induced
alterations in muscle-tendon properties. Sixteen weeks of strength and balance

Contribution of calf muscletendon properties to single-leg stance ability in the absence of visual feedback in relation to ageing

GL Onambélé, MV Narici, E Rejc, CN Maganaris - Gait & posture, 2007 - Elsevier
… -leg balance maintenance. We hypothesized that when vision is absent (a) postural balance
… and (b) the importance of muscletendon properties for maintaining balance is amplified. …

Tendon vibration during submaximal isometric strength and postural tasks

SI Spiliopoulou, IG Amiridis, V Hatzitaki… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
… Achilles tendon. … posture, TV resulted in a backward displacement of the Centre of Pressure
only for NQS and an increase (p < 0.01) in EMG activity of the ankle muscles in all balance

Both standing and postural threat decrease Achilles' tendon reflex inhibition from tendon electrical stimulation

BC Horslen, JT Inglis, JS Blouin… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… overlying the tendon, sural nerve, or stimulation of other muscle or tendon afferents cannot
… reflexes evoked by percutaneous and direct subcutaneous tendon stimulation in a single 40-…