Ultrasonic evaluations of Achilles tendon mechanical properties poststroke

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 843-849

  Zhao, Heng ^a,b   Ren, Yupeng ^a,b   Wu, Yi Ning ^a,b   Liu, Shu Q ^c   Zhang, Li Qun ^a,b,c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical property; Muscle; Stroke; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; STROKE; YOUNG MODULUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 64349110782     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91212.2008     Document Type: Article

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