Spatial variations in Achilles tendon shear wave speed

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2685-2692

  DeWall, Ryan J ^a,b   Slane, Laura C ^c   Lee, Kenneth S ^a   Thelen, Darryl G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

Noninvasive mechanics; Shear wave elastography; Shear wave imaging; Tendon mechanics; Ultrasound elastography

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; LOADING; MEDICAL IMAGING; SHEAR WAVES; SPEED; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE IMAGING; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TENDON MECHANICS; TRANSDUCER POSITIONING; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

TENDONS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DORSIFLEXED ANKLE ANGLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PLANTARFLEXED ANKLE ANGL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING ANKLE ANGLE; SHEAR WAVE SPEED; TENDON THICKNESS; VELOCITY;

NONINVASIVE MECHANICS; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SHEAR WAVE IMAGING; TENDON MECHANICS; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905242826     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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