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Muscle Architecture Assessment: Strengths, Shortcomings and New Frontiers of in Vivo Imaging Techniques.
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Muscle Architecture Assessment: Strengths, Shortcomings and New Frontiers of in Vivo Imaging Techniques.

  • Franchi MV Laboratory for Muscle Plasticity, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Sports Medicine Research, Balgrist University Hospital, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: martino.franchi@balgrist.ch.
  • Raiteri BJ Faculty of Sport Science, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
  • Longo S Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
  • Sinha S Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
  • Narici MV Institute of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
  • Csapo R Research Unit for Orthopaedic Sports Medicine and Injury Prevention, Institute for Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine & Health Tourism (ISAG), University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall, Austria.
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  • 2018-09-07
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  • Ultrasound in medicine & biology. - 2018
Fascicle length
Morphology
Muscle thickness
Pennation angle
Skeletal muscle
Sonography
Structure
Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Muscle Strength
Muscle, Skeletal
Ultrasonography
English Skeletal muscle structural assembly (and its remodeling in response to loading-unloading states) can be investigated macroscopically by assessing muscle architecture, described as fascicle geometric disposition within the muscle. Over recent decades, various medical imaging techniques have been developed to facilitate the in vivo assessment of muscle architecture. However, the main advantages and limitations of these methodologies have been fragmentally discussed. In the present article, the main techniques used for the evaluation of muscle architecture are presented: conventional B-mode ultrasonography, extended-field-of-view ultrasound, 3-D ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging-based diffusion tensor imaging. By critically discussing potentials and shortcomings of each methodology, we aim to provide readers with an overview of both established and new techniques for the in vivo assessment of muscle architecture. This review may serve as decision guidance facilitating selection of the appropriate technique to be applied in biomedical research or clinical routine.
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  • English
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