Feasibility and Reliability of Quantifying Passive Muscle Stiffness in Young Children by Using Shear Wave Ultrasound Elastography

Joline E. Brandenburg,Sarah F. Eby,Pengfei Song,Heng Zhao,Bradford W. Landry,Shirley Kingsley-Berg,William R. Bamlet,Shigao D Chen,Gary C. Sieck,Kai-Nan An

Feasibility and Reliability of Quantifying Passive Muscle Stiffness in Young Children by Using Shear Wave Ultrasound Elastography

2015

Joline E. Brandenburg
Sarah F. Eby
Pengfei Song
Heng Zhao
Bradford W. Landry
Shirley Kingsley-Berg
William R. Bamlet
Shigao D Chen
Gary C. Sieck
Kai-Nan An

Objective To investigate the feasibility and reliability of passive muscle stiffness measurements in children through use of shear wave ultrasound elastography.

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Elastography
Gastrocnemius muscle
Radiology
Stiffness
Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Skeletal muscle
Ultrasound elastography
Shear (sheet metal)
Medicine
Ankle
Passive stretching
muscle stiffness
Range of motion

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