Shear-Wave Elastography Assessments of Quadriceps Stiffness Changes prior to, during and after Prolonged Exercise: A Longitudinal Study during an Extreme Mountain Ultra-Marathon

• Pierre Andonian,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, CHU Saint-Etienne, Université Jean-Monnet, Saint-Étienne, France

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• Magalie Viallon,

  Affiliations Department of Radiology, CHU Saint-Etienne, Université Jean-Monnet, Saint-Étienne, France, Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, INSA, CNRS UMR 5520, INSERM U1206, CREATIS, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Caroline Le Goff,

  Affiliation EuSpLM, Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium

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• Charles de Bourguignon,

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, CHU Saint-Etienne, Université Jean-Monnet, Saint-Étienne, France

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• Charline Tourel,

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, CHU Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Jérome Morel,

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, CHU Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Guido Giardini,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Mountain Medicine Center, Valle d’Aosta Regional Hospital, Aosta, Italy

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• Laurent Gergelé,

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, CHU Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France

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• Grégoire P. Millet,

  Affiliation Institute of Sport Sciences of the University of Lausanne (ISSUL), Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Pierre Croisille

  * E-mail: pierre.croisille@creatis.insa-lyon.fr

  Affiliations Department of Radiology, CHU Saint-Etienne, Université Jean-Monnet, Saint-Étienne, France, Univ Lyon, UJM-Saint-Etienne, INSA, CNRS UMR 5520, INSERM U1206, CREATIS, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France

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