Direct comparison of in vivo Achilles tendon moment arms obtained from ultrasound and MR scans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1644-1652

  Fath, Florian ^a   Blazevich, Anthony J ^b   Waugh, Charlie M ^a   Miller, Stuart C ^a,c   Korff, Thomas ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Center of rotation; Musculoskeletal model; Tendon excursion

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651338776     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00656.2010     Document Type: Article

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