ArticleJournal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society2018
Effects of age and pathology on shear wave speed of the human rotator cuff.
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- Are there differences in arthroscopic and histological features between traumatic and degenerative rotator cuff tears in elderly patients? A prospective dual-center analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2022Article
- Time-course changes in active stiffness of the supraspinatus muscle after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2022Article
- Presurgical tear characteristics and estimated shear modulus as predictors of repair integrity and shoulder function one year after rotator cuff repair.JSES international · 2022Article
- Effects of shoulder abduction on the stiffness of supraspinatus muscle regions in rotator cuff tear.Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Age and sex influence the activation-dependent stiffness of the pectoralis major.Journal of anatomy · 2021Article
- Young's Modulus of Bilateral Infraspinatus Tendon Measured in Different Postures by Shear Wave Elastography Before and After Exercise.Orthopaedic surgery · 2021Article
- Ultrasound shear wave elastography and its association with rotator cuff tear characteristics.JSES international · 2021Article
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Abstract
Rotator cuff tears are common and often repaired surgically, but post-operative repair tissue healing, and shoulder function can be unpredictable. Tear chronicity is believed to influence clinical outcomes, but conventional clinical approaches for assessing tear chronicity are subjective. Shear wave elastography (SWE) is a promising technique for assessing soft tissue via estimates of shear wave speed (SWS), but this technique has not been used extensively on the rotator cuff. Specifically, the effects of age and pathology on rotator cuff SWS are not well known. The objectives of this study were to assess the association between SWS and age in healthy, asymptomatic subjects, and to compare measures of SWS between patients with a rotator cuff tear and healthy, asymptomatic subjects. SWE images of the supraspinatus muscle and intramuscular tendon were acquired from 19 asymptomatic subjects and 11 patients with a rotator cuff tear. Images were acquired with the supraspinatus under passive and active (i.e., minimal activation) conditions. Mean SWS was positively associated with age in the supraspinatus muscle and tendon under passive and active conditions (p ≤ 0.049). Compared to asymptomatic subjects, patients had a lower mean SWS in their muscle and tendon under active conditions (p ≤ 0.024), but no differences were detected under passive conditions (p ≥ 0.783). These findings identify the influences of age and pathology on SWS in the rotator cuff. These preliminary findings are an important step toward evaluating the clinical utility of SWE for assessing rotator cuff pathology. © 2017 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 36:282-288, 2018.
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