Measurement of stiffness changes in immobilized muscle using magnetic resonance elastography

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 499-503

  Muraki, Takayuki ^a   Domire, Zachary J ^a   McCullough, Matthew B ^a   Chen, Qingshan ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Immobilized muscle; Magnetic resonance elastography; Muscle atrophy; Muscle contracture; Muscle stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CLINICAL TOOLS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; ELASTIC COMPONENTS; ELBOW JOINTS; IMMOBILIZED MUSCLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MATCHING CONDITION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; RESEARCH TOOLS; SHEAR MODULUS; WET WEIGHT;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); ELASTIC MODULI; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETISM; STIFFNESS;

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ELASTOGRAPHY; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TORQUE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FORELIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORQUE;

EID: 77951296888     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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