Axial speed of sound for the monitoring of injured equine tendons: A preliminary study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-58

  Vergari, Claudio ^a,b   Pourcelot, Philippe ^a,b   Ravary Plumioën, Bérangère ^a,b   Dupays, Anne Gaëlle ^a,b   Jacquet, Sandrine ^a,b   Audigié, Fabrice ^a,b   Denoix, Jean Marie ^a,b   Laugier, Pascal ^c   Mitton, David ^d,e,f   Crevier Denoix, Nathalie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b Veterinary School   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Mechanical properties; Quantitative ultrasound; Speed of sound; Tendon

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; FLEXOR TENDON; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; SPEED OF SOUNDS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SURGERY; TENDONS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALING; HORSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPEED OF SOUND; SUPERFICIAL DIGITAL FLEXOR TENDON INJURY; TENDON INJURY; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FORELIMB; HORSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; WALKING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 83855164054     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.016     Document Type: Article

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