@article{03b2f852214946fc8357bc41732f78d8,
title = "The effects of immobilization on the mechanical properties of the patellar tendon in younger and older men",
abstract = "It remains unknown if inactivity changes the mechanical properties of the human patellar tendon in younger and older healthy persons. The purpose was to examine the effects of short-term unilateral immobilization on the structural and mechanical properties of the patellar tendon in older men and younger men, in vivo.",
keywords = "Aged, Aging, Elastic Modulus, Humans, Immobilization, Male, Patellar Ligament, Tensile Strength, Young Adult",
author = "C Coupp{\'e} and C Suetta and M Kongsgaard and L Justesen and Hvid, {L G} and Per Aagaard and M Kj{\ae}r and Magnusson, {S P}",
note = "Copyright {\textcopyright} 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2012.06.003",
language = "English",
volume = "27",
pages = "949--54",
journal = "Clinical Biomechanics",
issn = "0268-0033",
publisher = "Pergamon",
number = "9",
}