MRI analysis of structural changes in skeletal muscles and surrounding tissues following long-term walking exercise with training equipment

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 958-963

  Nakai, Ryusuke ^a,f   Azuma, Takashi ^a   Sudo, Mai ^b   Urayama, Shin Ichi ^c   Takizawa, Osamu ^d   Tsutsumi, Sadami ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Human Science Research Center   (South Africa)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRAINING; WALKING; ANISOTROPY; BODY WATER; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION; HIP; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BODY WATER; DIFFUSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 53049097306     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01204.2007     Document Type: Article

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