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2 ultrasound elastography 1, 2, 2, 1 SS ROM ultrasound elastography: UE SS UE Real-time Tissue Elastography SS SS SS 30 ROM UE 22.6kPa strain ratio(sr) (muscle / coupler ratio) SS SR 20% % ROM SR 30 SS SR ROM ROM 1.School of Exercise and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University (Australia) 2. 1

3 1 2 3 muscle hardness stiffness 4,5 muscle hardness stiffness Wang 9 Ultrasound Elastography UE B UE UE 10 UE Real-time Tissue Elastography (RTE) B 2 Range Of Interest: ROI 2

4 UE 2 ROI RTE strain ratio (SR) 7,11,12 UE (SS) 3 Akagi 13 shear wave 2 SS 15% Akagi 14 SS 8-12% Nordez 15 transient 2.5 SS SS 3

5 SS SS SS muscle tendon unit: MTU stiffness 16,17 5 SS stiffness MTU stiffness SS SS RTE RTE SS 20 SS ± 20.3± ±6.0cm 72.6±4.3kg RTE SS ROM SS EMG 2 4

6 2. SS 18 Biodex system 3, NY, USA 90% 30 1 /s Nm constant torque design ROM RTE SR strain ratio ROM SS Morse 16 1 /s ROM 5

7 1.5kHz (TEAC LX-10 ) SR 30% 20 Hi-vision Ascendus EZU-TECPL1 EUP-L65, 6-14MHz 22.6kPa SR muscle / coupler strain graph the rhythmical compression-relaxation cycle SR ROI 22 4mm 30mm 18mm 30mm EVA form 70mm 130mm 30mm 35mm 70mm 30mm 4. ROM SR bipolar 13mm S&ME; Biolog EMG Hz 1.5kHz EMG (Root Mean Squeare: RMS) 5. SR ROM SS 30 SR ROM 6

8 SS SS pre SR ROM Bonferroni SPSS 12.0 J for windows 5% 1. EMG V V V V 2. ROM 3 SS ROM pre SS 28% 15 17% 30 13% P< SS ROM 7

9 3. SR (strain ratio) 4 RTE SR 5 SS SR SS % P< RTE SR 5 SS SR 8

10 SR SS ROM SR Akagi 13,14 ROM SR SS ROM 23 ROM ROM stretch tolerance 23 SS ROM MTU stretch tolerance 24 SS ROM 5 SS 25 ROM SS SR 11 16% Akagi 13,14 Akagi 13,14 SS SS MTU stiffness stretch tolerance ROM SS ROM MTU stiffness 16,17 16,17,28 SS MTU stiffness stiffness Murayama 5,6 stiffness muscle hardness 29 Purslow 30 SR ROM SR 47% 41% 10% 2% 31 ROM ROM 9

11 5 SS 15 SR SS 15 SS SS Trajano 18 SS peak torque 15 SR SS muscle strength length relationship MTU stretching-induced force deficit SS MTU stiffness SS MTU stiffness stiffness MTU stiffness 20 30% 16 SS 10 MTU stiffness 35 SS 19 SS 90% SR SS MTU stiffness stiffness limitation UE 13,14 shear wave UE 37 10

12 UE 22 SS UE SS - 38 SS 11 HITACHI 1.,.: Ultrasound Elastography. 39, Inami T, Ozawa M, Mushika Y, Mizuno T, Shimizu T, Lau WY, Nosaka K.: Effects of static stretching on flexibility and muscle hardness assessed by ultrasound 11

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