Observational studyMedicine2018
Evaluation of the healthy median nerve elasticity: Feasibility and reliability of shear wave elastography.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Peripheral Nerve Responses to Muscle Stretching: A Systematic Review.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Preliminary study on the influencing factors of shear wave elastography for peripheral nerves in healthy population.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Diagnostic value of shear wave elastography for diabetic peripheral neuropathy: comparison between junior radiologists and senior radiologists.BMC medical imaging · 2025Article
- Shear Wave Elastography of the Sciatic Nerve and Its Relationship with Posterior Chain Flexibility in Healthy Participants: An Observational Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Observational
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- Using ultrasound shear wave elastography to characterize peripheral nerve mechanics: a systematic review on the normative reference values in healthy individuals.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2024Article
- In Vivo Effects of Joint Movement on Nerve Mechanical Properties Assessed with Shear-Wave Elastography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Non-invasiveFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- The normal value and influencing factors of shear wave elastography in healthy tibial nerves: A cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Quantitative Ultrasound Techniques Used for Peripheral Nerve Assessment.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A preliminary animal study on the prediction of nerve block success using ultrasonographic parameters.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Shear-Wave-Elastography in Neurofibromatosis Type I.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Ultrasound and elastography role in pre- and post-operative evaluation of median neuropathy in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Quantifying the Elasticity Properties of the Median Nerve during the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2022Article
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Abstract
The present study applied the shear wave elastography (SWE) to the median nerve in order to investigate the feasibility and reliability of its use in 40 healthy volunteers. Shear wave velocities of the median nerve on bilateral forearms and right carpal tunnel were obtained with relaxing or stretching conditions. The inter- and intraobserver agreements and differences of nerve elasticity among groups were evaluated using intraclass correlation coefficients, the paired t test, and the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, respectively. The stiffness of the site was expressed by 3 types of values: mean, minimum, and maximum shear-wave velocities. The inter- and intraobserver agreements were excellent (0.852-0.930) on the right forearm. No differences were detected between the bilateral forearm (mean: P = .14), while the values of different body sites and postures were statistically different (P < .001). SWE, as a noninvasive and objective tool, reached a good consistency in evaluating the healthy median nerve. Further studies are essential to investigate the detailed influencing factors and provide an insight of SWE to estimate both the normal nerve and peripheral neuropathy.
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