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EXERCISE AND SPORT SCIENCES REVIEWS
Volume 46, Issue 1, Pages 26-33Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000132
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force transmission; skeletal muscle; connective tissue; Achilles tendon; displacement; strain; injury
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- Division for Earth and Life Sciences of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [864-10-011]
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [040.11.519]
- University of Jyvaskyla
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The presence of mechanical linkages between synergistic muscles and their common tendons may distribute forces among the involved structures. We review studies, using humans and other animals, examining muscle and tendon interactions and discuss the hypothesis that connections between muscle bellies and within tendons may serve as a mechanism to distribute forces and mitigate peak stresses.
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