Ultrasound elastography: The new frontier in direct measurement of muscle stiffness

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2207-2219

  Brandenburg, Joline E ^a   Eby, Sarah F ^a   Song, Pengfei ^a   Zhao, Heng ^b   Brault, Jeffrey S ^a   Chen, Shigao ^b   An, Kai Nan ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic imaging; Elasticity; Hardness; Muscles; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMPULSE IMAGING; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS MODE ULTRASOUND; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRAIN ELASTOGRAPHY; SUPERSONIC SHEAR IMAGING; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES;

EID: 84908303365     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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