Reliability of a measurement technique for Achilles tendon length

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2019.1635375" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02640414.2019.1635375</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2019.1635375" target="_blank" >10.1080/02640414.2019.1635375</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Reliability of a measurement technique for Achilles tendon length

Original language description

Recently, there has been an increasing amount of literature dealing with new methods of Achilles tendon (AT) length measurement. However, most of these studies measured the AT length between the calcaneus and medial head of the gastrocnemius and the reliability of such a measurement has not been satisfactorily presented. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of the measurement of AT length within and between sessions. AT length was measured by using a combination of ultrasound imaging and optoelectronic stereophotogrammetry. Nineteen healthy athletes visited the lab on six different days where the AT length was measured on both lower extremities: 1) from the calcaneus to the mid-point of the medial and lateral heads of the gastrocnemius; and 2) from the calcaneus to the soleus musculotendinous attachment. The reliability results indicated high intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC > 0.8), a low typical error (&lt; 0.6) and a standard error of measurement (SEM &lt; 5.5 mm) for all measured AT lengths on within and between sessions. This non-invasive reliable measurement method may be recommended for sport science research purposes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Sport Sciences

ISSN

0264-0414

e-ISSN

1466-447X

Volume of the periodical

37

Issue of the periodical within the volume

20

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

2389-2395

UT code for WoS article

000475198800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85068103344