Repeatability of a computerized muscle tonometer and the effect of tissue thickness on the estimation of muscle tone

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 787-796

  Ylinen, Jari ^a   Teittinen, Iiro ^b   Kainulainen, Ville ^c   Kautiainen, Hannu ^d   Vehmaskoski, Kari ^c   Häkkinen, Arja ^a  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Jyväskylä Energy Ltd   (Finland)

^d RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compliance meter; Feasibility; Muscle stiffness; Myotonometer; Validity

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HISTOLOGY;

COMPLIANCE METER; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; FEASIBILITY; INTRACLASS CORRELATIONS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCLE TONE; MYOTONOMETER; TISSUE THICKNESS; VALIDITY;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROCOMPUTER; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETER; TRAVEL; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 33746538294     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/27/9/003     Document Type: Article

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