Elastography for Muscle Biomechanics: Toward the Estimation of Individual Muscle Force

François Hug; Kylie Tucker; Jean-Luc Gennisson; Mickaël Tanter; Antoine Nordez

doi:10.1249/JES.0000000000000049

Elastography for Muscle Biomechanics: Toward the Estimation of Individual Muscle Force

Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2015 Jul;43(3):125-33. doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000049.

Authors

François Hug¹, Kylie Tucker, Jean-Luc Gennisson, Mickaël Tanter, Antoine Nordez

Affiliation

¹ 1University of Nantes, Laboratory "Movement, Interactions, Performance" (EA 4334), UFR STAPS, Nantes, France; 2The University of Queensland, NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence in Spinal Pain, Injury and Health, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Brisbane, Australia; 3The University of Queensland, School of Biomedical Sciences, Brisbane, Australia; and 4Institut Langevin-Ondes et images, ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR7587, INSERM U979, Université Paris VII, Paris, France.

PMID: 25906424
DOI: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000049

Abstract

Estimation of individual muscle force remains one of the main challenges in biomechanics. This review presents a series of experiments that used ultrasound shear wave elastography to support the hypothesis that muscle stiffness is linearly related to both active and passive muscle forces. Examples of studies that used measurement of muscle stiffness to estimate changes in muscle force are presented.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biomechanical Phenomena
Elasticity Imaging Techniques*
Humans
Isometric Contraction
Muscle Contraction
Muscle Fatigue / physiology
Muscle, Skeletal / diagnostic imaging*
Muscle, Skeletal / physiology*
Muscle, Skeletal / physiopathology
Pain / physiopathology