Measurement of Passive Skeletal Muscle Mechanical Properties In Vivo: Recent Progress, Clinical Applications, and Remaining Challenges

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 261-273

  Bilston, Lynne E ^a,b   Tan, Kristy ^a,c  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Elastography; Thixotropy; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; DEFORMATION EFFECTS; ELASTOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELASTOGRAPHY; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; THIXOTROPY; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE INJURY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; ANIMAL; ECHOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84923701577     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-1186-2     Document Type: Article

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