ArticleEuropean radiology2018
Shear-wave elastography: a new potential method to diagnose ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.
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- Efficacy analysis of small-incision in situ decompression under ultrasound combined with shear-wave elastography in the treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
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- Multimodal ultrasound evaluation of asymptomatic ulnar nerve dislocation at the cubital tunnel.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
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- Shear wave elastography as a potential additional diagnostic tool in primary Sjögren's syndrome: an observational study.Rheumatology international · 2022Observational
- Role of shear wave elastography in treatment follow-up of leprosy neuropathy.Journal of ultrasound · 2022Article
- Diagnosis of ulnar nerve entrapment anterior to the medial epicondyle by ultrasound elastography and diffusion tensor imaging with fiber tractography: a case report.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2022Article
- Shear-Wave-Elastography in Neurofibromatosis Type I.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Two-dimensional ultrasound and two-dimensional shear wave elastography on femoral and saphenous neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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- Quantifying the Elasticity Properties of the Median Nerve during the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2022Article
- Post-Operative Assessment of Ulnar Nerve Tension Using Shear-Wave Elastography.Neurology international · 2021Article
- Evaluation of the ulnar nerve with shear-wave elastography: a potential sonographic method for the diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe primary aim of this study was to verify if shear-wave elastography (SWE) can be used to diagnose ulnar neuropathy at the elbow (UNE). The secondary objective was to compare the cross-sectional areas (CSA) of the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel and to determine a cut-off value for this parameter accurately identifying persons with UNE.
methodsThe study included 34 patients with UNE (mean age, 59.35 years) and 38 healthy controls (mean age, 57.42 years). Each participant was subjected to SWE of the ulnar nerve at three levels: in the cubital tunnel (CT) and at the distal arm (DA) and mid-arm (MA). The CSA of the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel was estimated by means of ultrasonographic imaging.
resultsPatients with UNE presented with significantly greater ulnar nerve stiffness in the cubital tunnel than the controls (mean, 96.38 kPa vs. 33.08 kPa, p < 0.001). Ulnar nerve stiffness of 61 kPa, CT to DA stiffness ratio equal 1.68, and CT to MA stiffness ratio of 1.75 provided 100% specificity, sensitivity, positive and negative predictive value in the detection of UNE. Mean CSA of the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel turned out to be significantly larger in patients with UNE than in healthy controls (p < 0.001). A weak positive correlation was found in the UNE group between the ulnar nerve CSA and stiffness (R = 0.31, p = 0.008).
conclusionsSWE seems to be a promising, reliable and simple quantitative adjunct test to support the diagnosis of UNE. KEY POINTS: • SWE enables reliable detection of cubital tunnel syndrome • Significant increase of entrapped ulnar nerve stiffness is observed in UNE • SWE is a perspective screening tool for early detection of compressive neuropathies.
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