Morphological and functional relationships with ultrasound measured muscle thickness of the lower extremity: A brief review

Ultrasound

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 166-173

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; Muscle CSA and volume; Muscle thickness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE THICKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE; VALIDITY; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 84943146280     PISSN: 1742271X     EISSN: 17431344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742271X15587599     Document Type: Review

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