Validity of architectural properties of the hamstring muscles: Correlation of ultrasound findings with cadaveric dissection

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2549-2554

  Kellis, Eleftherios ^a   Galanis, Nikiforos ^b   Natsis, Konstantinos ^a   Kapetanos, George ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biceps femoris; Knee flexors; Morphology; Muscle mechanics; Semitendinosus

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL PARAMETERS; ARCHITECTURAL PROPERTIES; BICEPS FEMORIS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; KNEE FLEXORS; LENGTH MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE THICKNESS; SEMITENDINOSUS; SEMITENDINOSUS MUSCLES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS; TENDONS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

MUSCLE;

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; STRESS FIBER; TENDON; THICKNESS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VALIDITY;

AGED; CADAVER; DISSECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TENDONS;

EID: 70350431284     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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