Quantitative facial muscle ultrasound: Feasibility and reproducibility

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-380

  Alfen, Nens Van ^a   Gilhuis, H Jacobus ^b   Keijzers, Jurre P ^a   Pillen, Sigrid ^a   Van Dijk, Johannes P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facial; Muscle; Protocol; Quantitative; Reproducibility; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FACE MUSCLE; HUMAN; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; ORBICULARIS ORIS PARS LABIALIS; ORBICULARIS ORIS PARS MARGINALIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCERUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; ZYGOMATICUS MAJOR;

FACIAL; MUSCLE; PROTOCOL; QUANTITATIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883052156     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23769     Document Type: Article

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