Reliability and validity of ultrasound measurements of muscle fascicle length and pennation in humans: A systematic review

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 761-769

  Kwah, Li Khim ^a   Pinto, Rafael Z ^b   Diong, Joanna ^b   Herbert, Robert D ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Muscle architecture; Pennation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84878582461     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01430.2011     Document Type: Review

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