In vivo estimation and repeatability of force-length relationship and stiffness of the human achilles tendon using phase contrast MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1039-1045

  Shin, Dongsuk ^a   Finni, Taija ^b   Ahn, Sinyeob ^a   Hodgson, John A ^a   Lee, Hae Dong ^c   Edgerton, V Reggie ^a   Sinha, Shantanu ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon elastic properties; Displacement; Isometric contraction; Stiffness; Toe region; Velocity encoded phase contrast MRI

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETRY; ELASTICITY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENDON INJURY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 53549130971     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21533     Document Type: Article

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