ArticleEuropean journal of translational myology2019
Stiffness and echogenicity: Development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solving.
Article in European journal of translational myology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06898242 (Early Myofascial Manual Treatment in Subjects With Spasticity Following Acquired Brain Injury), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Early Myofascial Manual Treatment in Subjects With Spasticity Following Acquired Brain Injury
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Abstract
The assessment of soft tissue stiffness is important to evaluate many neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Several tools have been proposed for the assessment of stiffness, but ultrasonography appears to be most practical. The reflection of ultrasound waves as it travels through tissue enables assessment of tissue echogenicity, which is influenced by the characteristics of the sound wave as well as the characteristics of the tissue through which it passes, such as the amount of fat and fibrous tissue. However, tissue stiffness is not directly proportional to its echogenicity. Hence evaluation of echogenicity, as a stand-alone technique, is inadequate to describe its mechanical properties. The aim of this manuscript is to present a method of combining echogenicity evaluation by ultrasound and stiffness evaluation by palpation to better describe the mechanical properties of muscle using a stiffness-echogenicity matrix.
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