Synthetic materials in the study of cell response to substrate rigidity

S Nemir, JL West - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2010 - Springer
While it has long been understood that cells can sense and respond to a variety of stimuli,
including soluble and insoluble factors, light, and externally applied mechanical stresses …

Magnetic resonance elastography of abdomen

SK Venkatesh, RL Ehman - Abdominal imaging, 2015 - Springer
Many diseases cause substantial changes in the mechanical properties of tissue, and this
provides motivation for developing methods to noninvasively assess the stiffness of tissue …

Identification and quantification of myofascial taut bands with magnetic resonance elastography

Q Chen, S Bensamoun, JR Basford… - Archives of physical …, 2007 - Elsevier
Chen Q, Bensamoun S, Basford JR, Thompson JM, An KN. Identification and quantification
of myofascial taut bands with magnetic resonance elastography. OBJECTIVE: To explore the …

Ability of magnetic resonance elastography to assess taut bands

Q Chen, J Basford, KN An - Clinical Biomechanics, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Myofascial taut bands are central to diagnosis of myofascial pain. Despite
their importance, we still lack either a laboratory test or imaging technique capable of …

Stiffness of resting lumbar myofascia in healthy young subjects quantified using a handheld myotonometer and concurrently with surface electromyography monitoring

K Nair, AT Masi, BJ Andonian, AJ Barry… - Journal of bodywork and …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aimed to non-invasively quantify passive stiffness of superficial myofascia at a
lower lumbar (L3-L4) anatomical level in young healthy male and female subjects and …

Greater resting lumbar extensor myofascial stiffness in younger ankylosing spondylitis patients than age-comparable healthy volunteers quantified by myotonometry

BJ Andonian, AT Masi, JC Aldag, AJ Barry… - Archives of physical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To quantify resting lumbar erector myofascial stiffness in younger patients with
ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and age-comparable healthy control subjects using a handheld …

Abdominal magnetic resonance elastography

M Yin, J Chen, KJ Glaser, JA Talwalkar… - Topics in Magnetic …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a magnetic resonance imaging-based
technique for quantitatively assessing the mechanical properties of tissues based on the …

Quantitative shear wave magnetic resonance elastography: comparison to a dynamic shear material test

SI Ringleb, Q Chen, DS Lake… - … in Medicine: An …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), a phase contrast MRI technique, images the
propagation of applied mechanical waves in tissue, allowing shear stiffness to be quantified …

Characterizing musculoskeletal tissue mechanics based on shear wave propagation: a systematic review of current methods and reported measurements

J Blank, M Blomquist, L Arant, S Cone… - Annals of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Developing methods for the non-invasive characterization of the mechanics of
musculoskeletal tissues is an ongoing research focus in biomechanics. Often, these …

A constrained particle swarm optimization algorithm for hyperelastic and visco-hyperelastic characterization of soft biological tissues

M Ramzanpour, M Hosseini-Farid… - International Journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A constrained particle swarm optimization algorithm (C-PSO) is introduced and modified for
hyperelastic and visco-hyperelastic characterization of bovine brain tissue at three different …