The Ability of Ultrasonography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Bone Mineral Densitometry to Predict the Strength of Human Achilles' Tendons

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 756-760

  Devitt, Deanna ^a   Koike, Yoichi ^a   Doherty, Geoffrey P ^a   Ramachandran, Nanthan ^a   Dinh, Laurent ^a   Uhthoff, Hans K ^a   Lecompte, Martin ^a   Trudel, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Bone density; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CALCIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 65249156501     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.031     Document Type: Article

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