… the reliability and validity of ultrasound elastography for measuring muscle stiffness in …
for measuring muscle stiffness and to assess study quality and level of evidence regarding …

… Stiffness is commonly assessed in relation to injury and … the validity and reliability of 3 in vivo
methods of stiffness assessment … Muscle stiffness calculation by myometry involves a small …

… – tension) are sensitive to levels of muscle force output. Sex differences have also …
stiffness.Thus, we hypothesized that if a handheld myometer provides a valid assessment of stiffness …

… the validity and reliability of an in vivo test of lower body musculotendinous stiffness. Male
… relationship between isokinetic knee torque and muscle stiffness. However, an increase in …

… In conclusion, these initial results suggest that the myometer is a reliable device for measuring
skeletal muscle viscoelastic stiffness. Further studies are required to verify the findings in …

… In addition, an interesting finding of this present study was that the muscle stiffness of all
3 muscles showed better responsiveness than the muscle tone and elasticity. Moreover, the …

… a reliable device to determine the stiffness of biological tissues. Since it is able to discriminate
between different levels of muscle stiffness … and concurrent validity can be assumed. …

… this amplitude the plantar flexors muscles are tensioned and the stiffness of these muscles
would have a considerable influence on ankle function during functional activities. The mean …

… stiffness, may allow the identification of improper stiffness levels. The purpose of this study
was to determine the concurrent validity … to assess hip passive stiffness during internal rotation…

… Validity of the other devices has been described in terms of detecting hardness or stiffness …
of this relation to serve as a criterion for judging validity of the myotonometer. For purposes of …