Reliability of a new, hand-held device for assessing skeletal muscle stiffness

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 459-461

  Bizzini, Mario ^a   Mannion, Anne F ^a  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Measurement; Myometry; Skeletal muscle; Viscoelastic stiffness

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; STIFFNESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

SKELETAL MUSCLES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMUR; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAND; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037570821     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(03)00042-1     Document Type: Article

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