Ultrasound assessment of adductor muscle size using muscle thickness of the thigh

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-248

  Ogawa, Madoka ^a   Mitsukawa, Naotoshi ^b   Bemben, Michael G ^c   Abe, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Toyo Gakuen University   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adductor longus; Adductor magnus; B mode ultrasonography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873739127     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.21.3.244     Document Type: Article

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