ArticleEuropean radiology2018
Shear-wave elastography can evaluate annulus fibrosus alteration in adolescent scoliosis.
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- Characterizing Musculoskeletal Tissue Mechanics Based on Shear Wave Propagation: A Systematic Review of Current Methods and Reported Measurements.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2022Pooled it
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- Advances in mechanical assessments of in vivo human lumbar spine tissues with noninvasive imaging techniques.npj biomedical innovations · 2026Review
- Application of high-frequency musculoskeletal ultrasound combined with shear wave elastography in assessing paravertebral muscle morphology in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
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- Evidence of spinal stiffening following fusionless bipolar fixation for neuromuscular scoliosis: a shear wave elastography assessment of lumbar annulus fibrosus.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Review
- Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography Quantitatively Assesses Tension Changes of Supraspinous/Interspinous Ligament Complex Under Varied Loads.International journal of spine surgery · 2023Article
- Ultrasound Elastography in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Posterior-only correction surgery for idiopathic scoliosis Lenke type 5c: differences of strategies and outcomes between adult patients and adolescent patients.Spine deformity · 2023Article
- Changes in quantitative elastography assessment of the adjacent lumbar disc after segmental fixation of the spine: a case description of a burst fracture of L4.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2022Article
- Anatomical and biomechanical study of the inferior extensor retinaculum by shear-wave elastography in healthy adults.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2022Article
- Comparison of annulus fibrosus cell collagen remodeling rates in a microtissue system.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2021Article
- Microstructural characterization of annulus fibrosus by ultrasonography: a feasibility study with an in vivo and in vitro approach.Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology · 2019Article
- Intraoperative ultrasound in spine surgery: history, current applications, future developments.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesIn vitro studies showed that annulus fibrosus lose its integrity in idiopathic scoliosis. Shear-wave ultrasound elastography can be used for non-invasive measurement of shear-wave speed (SWS) in vivo in the annulus fibrosus, a parameter related to its mechanical properties. The main aim was to assess SWS in lumbar annulus fibrosus of scoliotic adolescents and compare it to healthy subjects.
methodsSWS was measured in 180 lumbar IVDs (L3L4, L4L5, L5S1) of 30 healthy adolescents (13 ± 1.9 years old) and 30 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients (13 ± 2 years old, Cobb angle: 28.8° ± 10.4°). SWS was compared between the scoliosis and healthy control groups.
resultsIn healthy subjects, average SWS (all disc levels pooled) was 3.0 ± 0.3 m/s, whereas in scoliotic patients it was significantly higher at 3.5 ± 0.3 m/s (p = 0.0004; Mann-Whitney test). Differences were also significant at all disc levels. No difference was observed between males and females. No correlation was found with age, weight and height.
conclusionNon-invasive shear-wave ultrasound is a novel method of assessment to quantitative alteration of annulus fibrosus. These preliminary results are promising for considering shear-wave elastography as a biomechanical marker for assessment of idiopathic scoliosis. KEY POINTS: • Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis may have an altered lumbar annulus fibrosus. • Shear-wave elastography can quantify lumbar annulus fibrosus mechanical properties. • Shear-wave speed was higher in scoliotic annulus than in healthy subjects. • Elastography showed potential as a biomechanical marker for characterizing disc alteration.
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