Morphological and functional relationships with ultrasound measured muscle thickness of the upper extremity and trunk

Ultrasound

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 229-235

  Abe, Takashi ^a   Loenneke, Jeremy P ^a   Thiebaud, Robert S ^b   Loftin, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical muscle cross sectional area; Muscle volume; Prediction; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918821187     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: 17431344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742271X14554678     Document Type: Review

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