An engineering approach for quantitative analysis of the lengthwise strokes in massage therapies

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Zeng, Hansong ^a   Butterfield, Timothy A ^b   Agarwal, Sudha ^c   Haq, Furqan ^c   Best, Thomas M ^c   Zhao, Yi ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED LOADS; BLOOD FLOWS; CONTROLLED LOADINGS; HIND LIMBS; HUMAN HEALTHS; HUMAN TISSUES; LOADING CONDITIONS; LOADING PARAMETERS; MASSAGE THERAPIES; MECHANICAL LOADS; MUSCLE TENSIONS; NEW ZEALAND; OPTIMAL RANGES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES; SOFT TISSUES; STRESS HORMONES; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HORMONES; MECHANISMS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

EID: 58149482068     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2996623     Document Type: Article

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