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Effects of 20 days of bed rest on the viscoelastic properties of tendon structures in lower limb muscles

Keitaro Kubo, Hiroshi Akima, Junichi Ushiyama, Izumi Tabata, Hiroshi Fukuoka, Hiroaki Kanehisa, T. Fukunaga

British Journal of Sports Medicine · 2004 · 108 citations · 26 references

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Abstract

These results suggested that bed rest decreased the stiffness of human tendon structures and increased their hysteresis, and that these changes were found in knee extensors, but not the plantar flexors.

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