Investigation of soft-tissue stiffness alteration in denervated human tissue using an ultrasound indentation svstem

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-96

  Makhsous, Mohsen ^a,b,c   Venkatasubramanian, Ganapriya ^a   Chawla, Aditya ^a   Pathak, Yagna ^a   Priebe, Michael ^d   Rymer, William Z ^a,c   Lin, Fang ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep tissue injury; Pressure ulcers; Soft tissue stiffness; Spinal cord injuries; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR GREATER TROCHANTER; HUMAN; ISCHIUM; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SOFT TISSUE STIFFNESS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIGH;

EID: 45249114604     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2008.11753987     Document Type: Article

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