Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 331-338 , May 2006

A new MR-compatible loading device to study in vivo muscle damage development in rats due to compressive loading

  • A. Stekelenburg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 40 2473075; fax: +31 40 2447355.
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  • C.W.J. Oomens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • G.J. Strijkers

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • L. de Graaf

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • D.L. Bader

      Affiliations

    • Department of Materials Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Department of Engineering and IRC in Biomedical Materials, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
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  • K. Nicolay

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Received 10 March 2005 ,Revised 9 June 2005 ,Accepted 8 July 2005.

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PII: S1350-4533(05)00150-5

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.07.005

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 331-338 , May 2006

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