Table 1 Achilles tendon loading rate sensitivity and hysteresis
From: Viscoelastic properties of the Achilles tendon in vivo
Subject | Sex | Loading rate (% of MVC s-1) | Stiffness (N mm-1) | Hysteresis (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slow | Fast | Slow | Fast | Fast | ||
1 | M | 18 | 91 | 300 | 267 | -7 |
2 | M | 20 | 151 | 255 | 310 | 15 |
3 | M | 20 | 126 | 191 | 168 | -1 |
4 | F | 20 | 108 | 196 | 179 | -4 |
5 | F | 23 | 126 | 273 | 241 | -1 |
6 | M | 19 | 125 | 156 | 124 | 21 |
7 | M | 19 | 97 | 247 | 253 | 6 |
8 | M | 23 | 108 | 176 | 154 | 6 |
9 | F | 21 | 118 | 144 | 119 | 13 |
10 | M | 27 | 153 | 132 | 120 | -4 |
11 | M | 144 | 227 | -4 | ||
12 | M | 180 | 188 | 9 | ||
13 | F | 111 | 132 | 6 | ||
14 | M | 264 | 279 | 13 | ||
mean (subjects 1-10) | 21 | 120 | 207 | 193 | 4 | |
SE (subjects 1-10) | 1 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 3 | |
mean (all) | 136 | 197 | 5 | |||
SE (all) | 12 | 17 | 2 | |||