Biomechanical properties of the forefoot plantar soft tissue as measured by an optical coherence tomography-based air-jet indentation system and tissue ultrasound palpation system

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 594-600

  Chao, Clare Y L ^a,b   Zheng, Yong Ping ^b   Huang, Yan Ping ^b   Cheing, Gladys L Y ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age; Air jet indentation system; Biomechanical properties; Optical coherence tomography; Plantar soft tissue; Tissue ultrasound palpation system

Indexed keywords

AIR JET; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; INDENTATION SYSTEM; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PLANTAR SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS; COHERENT LIGHT; HISTOLOGY; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

TISSUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; FOREFOOT MEDIAL PLANTAR SOFT TISSUE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOADING TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY BASED AIR JET INDENTATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SOFT TISSUE; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; TISSUE ULTRASOUND PALPATION SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG MODULUS; AGE; AIR; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; ULTRASONICS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 77952547908     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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