Non-invasive measurement of tendon excursion with a colour Doppler imaging system: A reliability study in healthy subjects

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 356-360

  Soeters, Johannes N M ^a   Roebroeck, Marij E ^a   Holland, Wim P J ^a   Hovius, Steven E R ^a   Stam, Henk J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour Doppler imaging; Hand; Healthy subjects; Tendon excursion; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TENDONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 3142700566     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310410030613     Document Type: Article

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