Reliability of Sonomyography for Pectoralis Major Thickness Measurement

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 386-394

  Koo, Terry K K ^a   Wong, Chunwah ^a   Zheng, Yongping ^b  

^a NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Pectoralis Muscles; Reproducibility of Results; Ultrasonic Imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CHIROPRACTIC; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOGRAPHY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; SONOMYOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954052130     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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