Non-invasive assessment of muscle stiffness in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 284-286

  Lacourpaille, Lilian ^a   Hug, François ^a,b   Guével, Arnaud ^a   Péréon, Yann ^a,c   Magot, Armelle ^a,c   Hogrel, Jean Yves ^d   Nordez, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Atlantic Gene Therapies   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Elastography; Evaluation; Myopathy; Shear elastic modulus; Supersonic shear imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920913970     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24445     Document Type: Article

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