Soft tissue artefact in the thoracic spine during axial rotation and arm elevation using ultrasound imaging: A descriptive study

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 599-602

  Heneghan, Nicola R ^a   Balanos, George M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motion analysis; Skin tissue artefact; Thoracic spine; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ARM; ARTIFACTS; BIOMECHANICS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958086454     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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