↓ Skip to main content

Viscoelastic properties of the Achilles tendon in vivo

Overview of attention for article published in SpringerPlus, May 2013
Altmetric Badge

About this Attention Score

  • Average Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (74th percentile)

Mentioned by

twitter
4 X users

Citations

dimensions_citation
65 Dimensions

Readers on

mendeley
168 Mendeley
Title
Viscoelastic properties of the Achilles tendon in vivo
Published in
SpringerPlus, May 2013
DOI 10.1186/2193-1801-2-212
Pubmed ID
Authors

Jussi Peltonen, Neil J Cronin, Lauri Stenroth, Taija Finni, Janne Avela

Abstract

It has been postulated that human tendons are viscoelastic and their mechanical properties time-dependent. Although Achilles tendon (AT) mechanics are widely reported, there is no consensus about AT viscoelastic properties such as loading rate dependency or hysteresis, in vivo. AT force-elongation characteristics were determined from 14 subjects in an ankle dynamometer at different loading rates using motion capture assisted ultrasonography. AT stiffness and elongation were determined between 10 - 80% of maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) force at fast and slow loading rates. As subjects were unable to consistently match the target unloading rate in the slow condition, AT hysteresis was only calculated for the fast rate. There was a significant difference between the fast and the slow loading rates: 120 ± 6 vs. 21 ± 1% of MVC s(-1) (mean ± standard error), respectively. However, neither stiffness (193 ± 18 N mm(-1) vs. 207 ± 22 N mm(-1)) nor elongation at any force level (13.0 ± 1.2 mm vs. 14.3 ± 0.9 mm at 80% of MVC) were significantly different between the fast and slow loading rates. Tendon hysteresis at the fast rate was 5 ± 2%. As stiffness was not sensitive to loading rate and hysteresis was small, it was concluded that elastic properties prevail over viscous properties in the human AT. The current results support the idea that AT stiffness is independent of loading rate.

X Demographics

X Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 168 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Chile 1 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Finland 1 <1%
Czechia 1 <1%
Poland 1 <1%
Unknown 161 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 42 25%
Student > Master 33 20%
Student > Bachelor 24 14%
Researcher 14 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 5%
Other 27 16%
Unknown 19 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Sports and Recreations 43 26%
Engineering 31 18%
Medicine and Dentistry 21 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 5%
Other 19 11%
Unknown 33 20%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 December 2019.
All research outputs
#12,877,506
of 22,711,645 outputs
Outputs from SpringerPlus
#621
of 1,852 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#97,492
of 193,624 outputs
Outputs of similar age from SpringerPlus
#23
of 94 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,711,645 research outputs across all sources so far. This one is in the 42nd percentile – i.e., 42% of other outputs scored the same or lower than it.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,852 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 193,624 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one is in the 48th percentile – i.e., 48% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.
We're also able to compare this research output to 94 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 74% of its contemporaries.