Functional Echomyography: thickness, ecogenicity, contraction and perfusion of the LMN denervated human muscle before and during h-bFES

• Main Authors: Riccardo Zanato (Author), Leonora Martino (Author), Ugo Carraro (Author), Helmut Kern (Author), Elena Rossato (Author), Stefano Masiero (Author), Roberto Stramare (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Permanent denervated muscles were evaluated by ultrasound to monitor changes in morphology, thickness, contraction-relaxation kinetics and perfusion due to the electrical stimulation program of the Rise2-Italy project. In a case of monolateral lesion, morphology and ultrasonographic structure of the...