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SUBMITTER: Foure A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4686971 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fouré Alexandre A Le Troter Arnaud A Guye Maxime M Mattei Jean-Pierre JP Bendahan David D Gondin Julien J
Scientific reports 20151222
In the present study, we proposed an original and robust methodology which combines the spatial normalization of skeletal muscle images, the statistical parametric mapping (SPM) analysis and the use of a specific parcellation in order to accurately localize and quantify the extent of skeletal muscle damage within the four heads of the quadriceps femoris. T2 maps of thigh muscles were characterized before, two (D2) and four (D4) days after 40 maximal isometric electrically-evoked contractions in ...[more]