The relationship between elbow flexor volume and angular stiffness at the elbow

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 383-392

  Chleboun, Gary S ^a   Howell, John N ^b   Conatser, Robert R ^b   Giesey, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compounded ultrasound imaging; Muscle volume; Skeletal muscle stiffness

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ELBOW FLEXORS; MUSCLE VOLUME; SKELETAL MUSCLE STIFFNESS;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031238893     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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