Thickness of the middle trapezius muscle measured by rehabilitative ultrasound imaging: Description of the technique and reliability study

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 426-431

  Bentman, Susanna ^a   O'Sullivan, Cliona ^b,c   Stokes, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Muscle architecture; Muscle assessment; Muscle imaging; Muscle size; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THICKNESS; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649477464     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2010.00960.x     Document Type: Article

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