Characterization of passive elastic properties of the human medial gastrocnemius muscle belly using supersonic shear imaging

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 978-984

  Maïsetti, Olivier ^a,b   Hug, François ^a   Bouillard, Killian ^a   Nordez, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Elastography; Muscle stiffness; Passive tension; Slack length

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DORSIFLEXIONS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTOGRAPHY; EXPONENTIAL MODELS; FORCE-LENGTH; GASTROCNEMIUS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; ISOKINETIC DYNAMOMETERS; JOINT ANGLE; MEDIAL GASTROCNEMIUS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE-TENDON COMPLEX; PASSIVE PROPERTIES; PASSIVE TENSION; SLACK LENGTH; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING;

ELASTICITY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEDICAL IMAGING; STIFFNESS; TENDONS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSIFLEXION; ELASTICITY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE REFLEX; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING;

ADULT; ANKLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84858621236     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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