Quantitative Estimation of Muscle Shear Elastic Modulus of the Upper Trapezius with Supersonic Shear Imaging during Arm Positioning

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Leong, Hio Teng ^a   Ng, Gabriel Yin fat ^a   Leung, Vivian Yee fong ^b   Fu, Siu Ngor ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REST; SHEAR STRENGTH; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84879399834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067199     Document Type: Article

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