Validity and reliability of a simple ultrasound approach to measure medial gastrocnemius muscle length

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 637-642

  Barber, Lee ^a   Barrett, Rod ^a   Lichtwark, Glen ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acquired brain injury; Cerebral palsy; Muscle contracture; Muscle length; Spasticity; Spinal injury; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MUSCLE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE LENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955522995     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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