Validity and reliability of rectus femoris ultrasound measurements: Comparison of curved-array and linear-array transducers

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1155-1164

  Hammond, Kendra ^a,b   Mampilly, Jobby ^a,b   Laghi, Franco A ^a   Goyal, Amit ^a,b   Collins, Eileen G ^a,b,c   McBurney, Conor ^a   Jubran, Amal ^a,b   Tobin, Martin J ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Critical illness myopathy; Critical illness neuropathy; Human muscle; Intensive care unit; Probe configu ration; Quadriceps femoris; Reproducibility; Sarcopenia; Ultra sound imaging

Indexed keywords

DIAPHRAGMS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MUSCLE; PULMONARY DISEASES; RELIABILITY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

COPD; CRITICAL ILLNESS MYOPATHY; CRITICAL ILLNESS NEUROPATHY; HUMAN MUSCLES; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SARCOPENIA;

TRANSDUCERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVED ARRAY TRANSDUCER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LINEAR ARRAY ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; QUALITATIVE VALIDITY; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 84922855495     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.08.0187     Document Type: Article

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