In vivo biomechanical evaluations of the medial gastrocnemius: Changes in muscle properties in stroke survivors

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2083-2086

  Gao, Fan ^b   Zhang Sr , Li Qun ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MUSCLE PROPERTIES; ULTRASOUND MACHINES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; ULTRASONICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STROKE;

EID: 34047188633     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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