Muscle shear elastic modulus measured using supersonic shear imaging is highly related to muscle activity level

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1389-1394

  Nordez, Antoine ^a   Hug, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Biceps brachii; Elastography; Electromyography; Muscle elasticity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; DYNAMOMETER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TORQUE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TORQUE; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951958929     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01323.2009     Document Type: Article

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