ArticleSkeletal radiology2019
Muscle shear wave elastography in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: a case-control study with MRI correlation.
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- Characterizing Mechanical Changes in the Biceps Brachii Muscle in Mild Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Using Shear Wave Elastography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability of the foot posture index (FPI-6) for assessing static foot posture in elderly female patients with knee osteoarthritis and its association with quadriceps muscle tone and stiffness.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Assessment of forearm muscles with ultrasound shear wave elastography in patients with acromegaly.Pituitary · 2023Article
- In vivo shear wave elasticity imaging for assessment of diaphragm function in muscular dystrophy.Acta biomaterialia · 2023Article
- Changes in pectoralis major stiffness and thickness following radiotherapy for breast cancer: A 12-month follow-up case series.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2023Article
- Three-dimensional mapping of ultrasound-derived skeletal muscle shear wave velocity.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate muscle stiffness in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) using shear wave elastography (SWE) and to correlate the results with muscle strength and MRI features of myositis. MATERIALS AND
methodsMuscle shear wave velocity (SWV) was measured in 23 active IIM patients (13 females, mean age 50.4 ± 16.1 years) and 23 matched healthy controls (13 females, mean age 50.7 ± 16.2 years). The investigated muscles included the vastus lateralis (VL), rectus femoris (RF), vastus medialis (VM) vastus intermedius (VI), biceps femoris (BF), semitendinosus (ST), semimembranosus (SM) and the biceps brachii (BB) scanned during relaxed resting and passive stretching positions. Participants performed multiple tests to evaluate their muscle strength. IIM patients had a thigh MRI to assess degrees of oedema, fatty infiltration and atrophy.
resultsIn the resting position, IIM patients had a 12.9-22.2% significantly lower SWV (p < 0.05) for the quadriceps and hamstrings, but not BB. There was no difference during passive stretching. The SWV for VL, VI and BF showed moderate correlations with the muscle strength tests ranging from r = 0.47 to r = 0.70 (all p < 0.05). Lower SWV was associated with greater MRI scores of oedema (p = 0.001) and atrophy (p = 0.006). However, SWV did not correlate with fatty infiltration (r < 0.3; p = 0.28), creatine kinase (r = 0.28; p = 0.19) or disease duration (r = 0.26; p = 0.24).
conclusionShear wave elastography may detect abnormal reduced thigh stiffness in IIM patients. SWE measurements were significantly associated with muscle weakness and MRI signs of oedema and atrophy. Future research should investigate this new technology for monitoring disease activity.
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