Does the knowledge of Achilles subtendons change the way we think of tendon loading, training and rehabilitation?

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Taija Finni is a professor and vice dean at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She received a PhD in biomechanics in 2001, has worked as a full professor of since 2010, is a docent in exercise physiology, and a biomechanist with broad expertise (https://staff.jyu.fi/Members/finni).

 

Regarding the tendon, she has utilized in vivo force transducers to assess forces in humans, published critical reviews related to methodology, and examined internal tendon movement in rats and in humans.