Analysis of thigh muscle stiffness from childhood to adulthood using magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) technique

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 836-840

  Debernard, Laëtitia ^a   Robert, Ludovic ^b   Charleux, Fabrice ^b   Bensamoun, Sabine F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b ACRIM   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Magnetic resonance elastography; Muscle growth; Shear modulus map

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE-RELATED CHANGES; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; REFERENCE DATA; VASTUS MEDIALIS; WORK STUDY;

ELASTIC MODULI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETISM; SHEAR STRAIN; STIFFNESS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHEAR MODULUS; THIGH; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; SHEAR STRENGTH; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860389156     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: 18791271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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