Characterization of muscle belly elastic properties during passive stretching using transient elastography

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2305-2311

  Nordez, A ^a   Gennisson, J L ^b   Casari, P ^a   Catheline, S ^b   Cornu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

Muscle stiffness; Passive torque; Static stretching; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; MUSCLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETERS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PASSIVE TORQUES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

TORQUE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; ELASTOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCAL MUSCLE HARDNESS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TORQUE; VISCOELASTICITY; ALGORITHM; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE;

EID: 52649105387     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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