Strength and power training in rehabilitation: underpinning principles and practical strategies to return athletes to high performance

L Maestroni, P Read, C Bishop, A Turner - Sports Medicine, 2020 - Springer
Injuries have a detrimental impact on team and individual athletic performance. Deficits in
maximal strength, rate of force development (RFD), and reactive strength are commonly …

Epidemiology of patellar tendinopathy in athletes and the general population: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Nutarelli, CMTD Lodi, JL Cook… - … Journal of Sports …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Patellar tendinopathy (PT) mainly affects athletes who use the tendon for
repeated energy storage and release activities. It can have a striking impact on athletes' …

[HTML][HTML] The acute effects of mental fatigue on balance performance in healthy young and older adults–A systematic review and meta-analysis

M Brahms, S Heinzel, M Rapp, M Mückstein… - Acta psychologica, 2022 - Elsevier
Cognitive resources contribute to balance control. There is evidence that mental fatigue
reduces cognitive resources and impairs balance performance, particularly in older adults …

Targeted achilles tendon training and rehabilitation using personalized and real-time multiscale models of the neuromusculoskeletal system

C Pizzolato, VB Shim, DG Lloyd… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Musculoskeletal tissues, including tendons, are sensitive to their mechanical environment,
with both excessive and insufficient loading resulting in reduced tissue strength. Tendons …

Enthalpy efficiency of the soleus muscle contributes to improvements in running economy

S Bohm, F Mersmann, A Santuz… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
During human running, the soleus, as the main plantar flexor muscle, generates the majority
of the mechanical work through active shortening. The fraction of chemical energy that is …

Myotonometry for the evaluation of Achilles tendon mechanical properties: a reliability and construct validity study

A Schneebeli, D Falla, R Clijsen… - BMJ open sport & …, 2020 - bmjopensem.bmj.com
Objective This study evaluates the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the MyotonPRO and
its construct validity for the assessment of Achilles tendon stiffness. Design Reliability and …

Foundational principles and adaptation of the healthy and pathological achilles tendon in response to resistance exercise: a narrative review and clinical implications

K Merry, C Napier, CM Waugh, A Scott - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Therapeutic exercise is widely considered a first line fundamental treatment option for
managing tendinopathies. As the Achilles tendon is critical for locomotion, chronic Achilles …

The association between patellar tendon stiffness measured with shear-wave elastography and patellar tendinopathy—a case-control study

SJ Breda, A van der Vlist, RJ de Vos, GP Krestin… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives (1) To determine the association between patellar tendon stiffness and the
presence of patellar tendinopathy (PT).(2) To evaluate the reliability of shear-wave …

Predicting free achilles tendon strain from motion capture data using artificial intelligence

Z Xia, D Devaprakash, BM Cornish… - … on Neural Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Achilles tendon (AT) is sensitive to mechanical loading, with appropriate strain
improving tissue mechanical and material properties. Estimating free AT strain is currently …

Stiffness of the gastrocnemius–Achilles tendon complex between amateur basketball players and the non-athletic general population

TT Chang, Z Li, XQ Wang, ZJ Zhang - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Muscle and tendon stiffness are related to sports performance, tendinopathy, and tendon
degeneration. However, the effects of habitual loading on muscle and tendon mechanical …