Relationship between shear elastic modulus and passive muscle force in human hamstring muscles using a Thiel soft-embalmed cadaver

• DOI: 10.1007/s10396-023-01317-8
• Publication Date: 2023-05-11T17:45:28Z
• Authors: Gakuto Nakao; Taiki Kodesho; Takuya Kato; Yu Yokoyama; Yuhei Saito; Yuki Ohsaki; Kota Watanabe; Masaki Katayose; Keigo Taniguchi
• Keywords: Original Article–Orthopedics; Elastic Modulus; Cadaver; Humans; Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Hamstring Muscles; Muscle, Skeletal

Assessing muscle flexibility and architecture is important for hamstring strain injury (HSI) prevention. We investigated the relationship between shear modulus passive force in muscles at different sites effect of on slope modulus-passive using wave elastography (SWE).