Quantitative ultrasound of the tongue and submental muscles in children and young adults

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Engel Hoek, Lenie Van Den ^a   Van Alfen, Nens ^a   De Swart, Bert J M ^a   De Groot, Imelda J M ^a   Pillen, Sigrid ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Echo intensity; Muscle group; Muscle thickness; Muscles submental; Quantitative ultrasound; Tongue muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGASTRIC MUSCLE; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENIOGLOSSUS MUSCLE; GENIOHYOID MUSCLE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYLOHYOID MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE MUSCLE ULTRASOUND; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL MUSCLE; SUPRAHYOID MUSCLE; THICKNESS; TONGUE; TRANSVERSE MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONGUE;

EID: 84862304848     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23277     Document Type: Article

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