Real-time measurement of rectus femoris muscle kinematics during drop jump using ultrasound imaging: A preliminary study

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4851-4854

  Eranki, Avinash ^a   Cortes, Nelson ^b   Ferencek, Zrinka Greguric ^c   Kim, John J ^d   Sikdar, Siddhartha ^a  

^a Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Northern Virginia Orthopedic Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

anterior cruciate ligament injury; drop jump; muscle motion; musculoskeletal imaging; osteoarthritis; signal processing; tissue motion; Ultrasonography; vector Doppler

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; CLINICAL SETTINGS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PEAK VELOCITIES; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; RECTUS FEMORIS; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; TISSUE MOTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS; VECTOR DOPPLER; WAVE FORMS;

DROPS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; KINEMATICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VECTORS;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84870805677     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6347080     Document Type: Conference Paper

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