Effect of the temporal coordination and volume of cyclic mechanical loading on human Achilles tendon adaptation in men.

ABSTRACT: Human tendons adapt to mechanical loading, yet there is little information on the effect of the temporal coordination of loading and recovery or the dose-response relationship. For this reason, we assigned adult men to either a control or intervention group. In the intervention group, the two legs were randomly assigned to one of five high-intensity Achilles tendon (AT) loading protocols (i.e., 90% maximum voluntary contraction and approximately 4.5 to 6.5% tendon strain) that were systematically modified in terms of loading frequency (i.e., sessions per week) and overall loading volume (i.e., total time under loading). Before, at mid-term (8 weeks) and after completion of the 16 weeks intervention, AT mechanical properties were determined using a combination of inverse dynamics and ultras

SUBMITTER: Tsai MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10960029 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature