Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1658-1661 , December 2007

Identification and Quantification of Myofascial Taut Bands With Magnetic Resonance Elastography

  • Qingshan Chen, MS

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Division of Orthopedic Research, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Sabine Bensamoun, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Division of Orthopedic Research, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
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  • Jeffrey R. Basford, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Jeffrey R. Basford, MD, PhD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905
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  • Jeffrey M. Thompson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.
    • ,
  • Kai-Nan An, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine, Rochester, MN.

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 Supported by the National Institute of Health (grant no. EB00812).

 Reprints are not available from the author.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(07)01341-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.07.020

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 12 , Pages 1658-1661 , December 2007

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