ArticleJournal of ultrasound2017
Influence of subjects' characteristics and technical variables on muscle stiffness measured by shear wave elastosonography.
Article in Journal of ultrasound, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07281573 (The Effect of Exercises on the Shear Wave Velocity of the Median Nerve and the 3rd FDS in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The Effect of Exercises on the Shear Wave Velocity of the Median Nerve and the 3rd FDS in Patients With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Characterizing Musculoskeletal Tissue Mechanics Based on Shear Wave Propagation: A Systematic Review of Current Methods and Reported Measurements.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of knee and hip joint positions on passive stiffness of the rectus femoris and vastus lateralis in healthy individuals.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Electrical stimulation reduces post-exercise muscle stiffness and enhances flexibility in hamstring muscles.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Assessing the Elasticity of the Flexor Pronator Muscles After Throwing Using Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2024Article
- Sex-based differences in hamstrings stiffness assessment in football players using ultrasound shear wave elastography.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- The Association between Tensiomyography and Elastography Stiffness Measurements in Lower Limb Skeletal Muscles.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Muscle elasticity is different in individuals with diastasis recti abdominis than healthy volunteers.Insights into imaging · 2021Article
- Using shear wave elasticity in normal terminal ileum of a healthy southwest Chinese population: a pilot study of reference elasticity ranges.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2021Article
- An evaluation of the objectivity and reproducibility of shear wave elastography in estimating the post-mortem interval: a tissue biomechanical perspective.International journal of legal medicine · 2020Article
- Use of ultrasound shear wave to measure muscle stiffness in children with cerebral palsy.Journal of ultrasound · 2018Article
- Influencing Factors of 2D Shear Wave Elastography of the Muscle - An Ex Vivo Animal Study.Ultrasound international open · 2018Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study is to quantitatively assess lower limbs muscle elasticity in a court of healthy subjects and to evaluate the influence of technical variables (e.g., diameter of the ROI-region of interest) and examined subjects' characteristics (e.g., sex, levels of physical activity, side evaluated) on muscle stiffness. MATERIALS AND
methods54 healthy subjects (48 men, 6 women) were evaluated for a total of 108 lower limbs. Shear wave elastography was performed with a multifrequency linear probe (15-4 MHz). Two radiologists performed the evaluation of lower limbs from left to right side (first calf and then thigh). The measures were taken on gastrocnemius and on femoral biceps muscle belly. We chose to place for this study two ROIs of 4 and 2 mm of diameter.
resultsThe mean muscle stiffness was 1.98 ± 0.48 (range between 1.89 ± 0.36 and 2.15 ± 0.57 m/s). The difference in muscle stiffness between left and right side of the body and between different levels of physical activity never became statistically significant (
conclusionOur study, despite its limitations (low sample and low female population), seems to give some clear advice: physiological or technical factors do not determine statistically significant differences on passive muscle stiffness.
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