Resistance jump training may reverse the weakened biomechanical behavior of tendons of diabetic Wistar rats

• Main Authors: Raissa Thais Belarmino Silva (Author), Patrícia Verçoza de Castro (Author), Marcos Paulo Galdino Coutinho (Author), Ana Camila Nobre de Lacerda Brito (Author), Márcio Almeida Bezerra (Author), Silvia Regina Arruda de Moraes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Background: resistance training is widely applied in non-diabetic physical protocol showing effectiveness in improving the tendon tissue. To address this gap, we assessed the effects of resistance training on aquatic environment, on the biomechanical properties of the calcaneal tendon of di...