ArticleClinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)2018
Extensibility of the supraspinatus muscle can be predicted by combining shear wave elastography and magnetic resonance imaging-measured quantitative metrics of stiffness and volumetric fat infiltration: A cadaveric study.
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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
- Mechanisms Influencing Maximum Joint Range of Motion and Stiffness: A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Quantitative assessment of supraspinatus fatty infiltration on a novel MRI section: comparison with conventional methods.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Quantitative fat-fraction analysis of the rotator cuff muscles on clinical sagittal and coronal T1-weighted MRI using deep learning algorithms.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Characterizing Material Properties of Rotator Cuff Tendons Relevant in Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Using Video-Based Strain Measures.The Iowa orthopaedic journal · 2026Article
- Thigh muscle features in female patients with severe knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Ultrasonic shear wave elastography predicts the quality of the residual tendon before the rotator cuff repair.Insights into imaging · 2024Article
- Increased Deltoid and Acromial Stress with Glenoid Lateralization and Onlay Humeral Stem Constructs in Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty.Journal of shoulder and elbow arthroplasty · 2024Article
- Muscle belly ratio is the most suitable estimate of the activity of the torn supraspinatus muscle.JSES international · 2023Article
- Regional assessments of supraspinatus muscle stiffness in normal adults using shear wave elastography.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Emerging Role of Quantitative Ultrasound-Based Imaging Techniques for Characterizing Rotator Cuff Tears: A Scoping Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Value of conventional ultrasound and shear wave elastography in the assessment of muscle mass and function in elderly people with type 2 diabetes.European radiology · 2023Article
- Quantitative evaluation of passive muscle stiffness by shear wave elastography in healthy individuals of different ages.European radiology · 2021Article
- Shoulder scaption is dependent on the behavior of the different partitions of the infraspinatus muscle.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2021Observational
- Ultrasound shear wave elastography and its association with rotator cuff tear characteristics.JSES international · 2021Article
- Rotator cuff tear degeneration and the role of fibro-adipogenic progenitors.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2021Review
- Elastographic Region of Interest Determination for Muscle with Fat Infiltration.Clinical interventions in aging · 2021Article
- Glenoid Retroversion Associates With Asymmetric Rotator Cuff Muscle Atrophy in Those With Walch B-type Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis.The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons · 2020Article
- Novel Muscle Imaging in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases-A Focus on Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography and Quantitative MRI.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Article
- ELASTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE SUPRASPINATUS TENDON IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.Acta ortopedica brasileiraArticle
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Abstract
backgroundA torn rotator cuff tendon will retract over time causing changes in muscle properties and decreasing its extensibility, or deformation. During surgery, large tensile loads are applied to bring the torn tendon to the footprint. Poor muscle extensibility and large tensile stresses at the repair might lead to gap formation or re-tear of the repair. A quantitative evaluation of muscle properties could be used to predict the extensibility of the supraspinatus (SSP) muscle.
methodMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-measured volumetric fat fraction and shear wave elastography (SWE)-measured elastic modulus of the SSP muscle were obtained on seventeen cadaveric shoulders. Experimental extensibility and stiffness were then measured by axially pulling the tendon up-to 60 N. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to determine the correlation and contribution of fat fraction and elastic modulus to experimental outcomes.
findingsSWE moduli negatively correlated with SSP muscle extensibility (r = 0.54-0.58, P ≤ 0.0259); fat fraction resulted in a positive correlation (r = 0.69, P = 0.0021). SWE measurements, solely, explained up to 34% and 33% of the variability in measured extensibility and stiffness, respectively. Fat Fraction, solely, explained 48% of the variability in extensibility and 36% of the variability in stiffness. These methods combined predicted up to 62% of the musculotendinous extensibility.
interpretationThis study showed a comprehensive quantitative assessment of SSP muscle properties using SWE to estimate stiffness and MRI to measure fatty infiltration. The extensibility of the detached muscle/tendon unit was highly correlated to material properties of the muscle when these methods were used in combination.
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