Using shear-wave elastography to assess exercise-induced muscle damage: a review

U Ličen, Ž Kozinc - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Shear-wave elastography is a method that is increasingly used to assess muscle stiffness in
clinical practice and human health research. Recently, shear-wave elastography has been …

Changes in hamstrings' active stiffness during fatigue tasks are modulated by contraction duration rather than intensity

A Martínez-Serrano, R Radaelli, TT Freitas… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Despite the increase in research of hamstring stiffness through the use of ultrasound-based
shear wave elastography, the active stiffness of biceps femoris long head (BFlh) and …

Hamstring muscle activation strategies during eccentric contractions are related to the distribution of muscle damage

V Goreau, R Pigne, N Bernier, A Nordez… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Large inter‐individual variability of activation strategies is observed during hamstring
strengthening exercises but their consequences remain unexplored. The objective of this …

[HTML][HTML] Association between gray-scale ultrasound imaging and serological creatine kinase for quantifying exercise-induced muscle damage: An observational study

J Buffet-García, D Vicente-Campos, M López-Redondo… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Limited evidence has verified if ultrasound imaging (US) can detect post-exercise muscle
damage based on size, shape, and brightness metrics. This study aimed to analyze the …

Skeletal muscle elastic modulus in marathon distance runners

BJ Winn, DJ Haight, DS Williams, BS Kirby - European Journal of Applied …, 2025 - Springer
Skeletal muscle shear elastic modulus is a non-invasive surrogate for early detection of
muscle damage and soreness consequent to unaccustomed eccentric muscle work. We …

Mild to moderate damage in knee extensor muscles accumulates after two bouts of maximal eccentric contractions

T Morin, R Souron, I Boulaouche, M Jubeau… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose This study aimed to determine whether mild to moderate muscle damage
accumulates on the knee extensors after two bouts of maximal eccentric contractions …

Comparison of the asymmetries in muscle mass, biomechanical property and muscle activation asymmetry of quadriceps femoris between patients with unilateral and …

W Chen, C Li, Y Wang, X Shen, Z Wu, J Li, Z Ye… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background: More and more attention has been paid to the research of muscle mass and
muscle quality of quadriceps femoris (QF) in knee osteoarthritis (KOA). This study aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships between Changes in Muscle Shear Modulus, Urinary Titin N-Terminal Fragment, and Maximum Voluntary Contraction Torque after Eccentric …

T Inami, S Yamaguchi, T Nishioka, H Ishida… - Journal of sports …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The study aimed to investigate the relationships between the shear modulus of the biceps
brachii (BB) and brachialis muscle (BA) and the total of the two (BB+ BA), and urinary titin N …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Knee Angle, Contractile Activity, and Intensity of Force Production on Vastus Lateralis Stiffness: A Supersonic Shear Wave Elastography Pilot Study

R Santos, MJ Valamatos, P Mil-Homens… - Sports, 2024 - mdpi.com
Supersonic shear image (SSI) ultrasound elastography provides a quantitative assessment
of tissue stiffness using the velocity of shear waves. SSI's great potential has allowed …

[HTML][HTML] Neuromuscular electrical stimulation producing low evoked force elicits the repeated bout effect on muscle damage markers of the elbow flexors

S Jeon, SA Sontag, LD Richardson, AA Olmos… - Sports Medicine and …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study examined the repeated bout effect (RBE) on muscle damage markers following
two bouts of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) in untrained individuals. Following …