TY - JOUR
T1 - Joint position affects muscle proton diffusion
T2 - Evaluation with a 3-T MR system
AU - Hatakenaka, Masamitsu
AU - Yabuuchi, Hidetake
AU - Sunami, Shunya
AU - Kamitani, Takeshi
AU - Takayama, Yukihisa
AU - Nishikawa, Kei
AU - Honda, Hiroshi
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - OBJECTIVE. To determine whether joint position affects muscle proton diffusion, fractional anisotropy and primary (λ1), secondary (λ2), and tertiary (λ3) eigenvalues of calf muscles were compared among ankle positions of plantar flexion, intermediate, and dorsiflexion. CONCLUSION. In tibialis anterior, fractional anisotropy and λ1 decreased, but λ2 and λ3 increased (p < 0.01) as the joint angle increased. Opposite results were obtained for the gastrocnemius and soleus (p < 0.05). These results indicate that joint position affects muscle proton diffusion.
AB - OBJECTIVE. To determine whether joint position affects muscle proton diffusion, fractional anisotropy and primary (λ1), secondary (λ2), and tertiary (λ3) eigenvalues of calf muscles were compared among ankle positions of plantar flexion, intermediate, and dorsiflexion. CONCLUSION. In tibialis anterior, fractional anisotropy and λ1 decreased, but λ2 and λ3 increased (p < 0.01) as the joint angle increased. Opposite results were obtained for the gastrocnemius and soleus (p < 0.05). These results indicate that joint position affects muscle proton diffusion.
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U2 - 10.2214/AJR.09.3167
DO - 10.2214/AJR.09.3167
M3 - Article
C2 - 20093575
AN - SCOPUS:76149092828
VL - 194
SP - w208-w211
JO - The American journal of roentgenology and radium therapy
JF - The American journal of roentgenology and radium therapy
SN - 0361-803X
IS - 2
ER -