Sonoelastographic assessment of the age-related changes of the Achilles tendon

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 58-61

  Turan, Aynur ^a   Teber, Mehmet Akif ^b   Yakut, Zeynep Ilerisoy ^b   Unlu, Havva Akmaz ^c   Hekimoglu, Baki ^a  

^a DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA ONCOLOGY HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Aging; Sonoelastography

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BIOMECHANICS; COLOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RIGIDITY; SONOELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924503044     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.171.ayt     Document Type: Article

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