Muscle, tendons, and bone: Structural changes during denervation and fes treatment

Neurological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 750-758

  Gargiulo, Paolo ^a,b   Reynisson, Páll Jens ^a,c   Helgason, Benedikt ^d   Kern, Helmut ^e   Mayr, Winfried ^f   Ingvarsson, Páll ^a   Helgason, Thordur ^a,b   Carraro, Ugo ^g  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^c Keilir Institute of Technology   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Finite element model; Functional electrical stimulation; Lower motor neuron lesion; Segmentation; Tissue composition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CASE REPORT; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE GROWTH; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS TENDON; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TENDONS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 79960484713     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132811Y.0000000007     Document Type: Article

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