Assessment of quadriceps muscle cross-sectional area by ultrasound extended-field-of-view imaging

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 631-639

  Noorkoiv, M ^a   Nosaka, K ^a   Blazevich, A J ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intra class correlation; Muscle size; Reliability; Ultrasonography; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954886685     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1402-1     Document Type: Article

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