Muscle architecture assessment: strengths, shortcomings and new frontiers of in vivo imaging techniques

MV Franchi, BJ Raiteri, S Longo, S Sinha… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2018 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle structural assembly (and its remodeling in response to loading–unloading
states) can be investigated macroscopically by assessing muscle architecture, described as …

Ultrasound imaging to assess skeletal muscle architecture during movements: a systematic review of methods, reliability, and challenges

B Van Hooren, P Teratsias… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
B-mode ultrasound is often used to quantify muscle architecture during movements. Our
objectives were to 1) systematically review the reliability of fascicle length (FL) and …

UltraTrack: Software for semi-automated tracking of muscle fascicles in sequences of B-mode ultrasound images

DJ Farris, GA Lichtwark - Computer methods and programs in biomedicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Dynamic measurements of human muscle fascicle length from sequences of B-
mode ultrasound images have become increasingly prevalent in biomedical research …

In vivo behavior of the human soleus muscle with increasing walking and running speeds

A Lai, GA Lichtwark, AG Schache… - Journal of applied …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
The interaction between the muscle fascicle and tendon components of the human soleus
(SO) muscle influences the capacity of the muscle to generate force and mechanical work …

Automated localization and segmentation techniques for B-mode ultrasound images: A review

KM Meiburger, UR Acharya, F Molinari - Computers in biology and …, 2018 - Elsevier
B-mode ultrasound imaging is used extensively in medicine. Hence, there is a need to have
efficient segmentation tools to aid in computer-aided diagnosis, image-guided interventions …

Ultrasound imaging links soleus muscle neuromechanics and energetics during human walking with elastic ankle exoskeletons

RW Nuckols, TJM Dick, ON Beck, GS Sawicki - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Unpowered exoskeletons with springs in parallel to human plantar flexor muscle-tendons
can reduce the metabolic cost of walking. We used ultrasound imaging to look 'under the …

Magnetomicrometry

CR Taylor, SS Srinivasan, SH Yeon, MK O'Donnell… - Science robotics, 2021 - science.org
We live in an era of wearable sensing, where our movement through the world can be
continuously monitored by devices. Yet, we lack a portable sensor that can continuously …

Estimation of the hip joint centre in human motion analysis: a systematic review

H Kainz, CP Carty, L Modenese, RN Boyd… - Clinical biomechanics, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Inaccuracies in locating the three-dimensional position of the hip joint centre
affect the calculated hip and knee kinematics, force-and moment-generating capacity of …

Ultrasound-based testing of tendon mechanical properties: a critical evaluation

OR Seynnes, J Bojsen-Møller… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - journals.physiology.org
In the past 20 years, the use of ultrasound-based methods has become a standard approach
to measure tendon mechanical properties in vivo. Yet the multitude of methodological …

Long-term use of high-heeled shoes alters the neuromechanics of human walking

NJ Cronin, RS Barrett, CP Carty - Journal of applied …, 2012 - journals.physiology.org
Human movement requires an ongoing, finely tuned interaction between muscular and
tendinous tissues, so changes in the properties of either tissue could have important …