ArticleRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
Reliability of skeletal muscle ultrasound in critically ill trauma patients.
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- Impact of Muscle Changes Assessed by Ultrasonography on Muscle Strength and Functioning after ICU Discharge: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Persistent neuromuscular disorders associated with changes in tibialis anterior and gastrocnemius lateralis muscle architecture in long-covid: an observational longitudinal study.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- Superb microvascular imaging ultrasound of the knee in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis-a repeatability study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Reliability of Two Recently Developed Procedures Assessing Biological Maturity by Ultrasound Imaging-A Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Ultrasonographic Features of Muscular Weakness and Muscle Wasting in Critically Ill Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Inter-Examiner and Intra-Examiner Reliability of Quantitative and Qualitative Ultrasonography Assessment of Peripheral and Respiratory Muscles in Critically Ill Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Reliability of point-of-care ultrasound for measuring quadriceps femoris muscle thickness.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) supplementation and functional outcomes in multi-trauma patients: a study protocol for a pilot randomised clinical trial (BOOST trial).Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- Ultrasonographic findings in long COVID: A cross-sectional study of 312 patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Evaluating a Muscle Ultrasound Education Program: Theoretical Knowledge, Hands-on Skills, Reliability, and Satisfaction of Critical Care Physiotherapists.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2021Article
- Reliability of lumbar multifidus and iliocostalis lumborum thickness and echogenicity measurements using ultrasound imaging.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the safety and feasibility of the ultrasound assessment of quadriceps in the emergency setting. To assess the intra- and interrater reliability for the acquisition and analysis of ultrasound images of muscle thickness and echogenicity in critically ill trauma patients between health professionals with different levels of expertise.
methodsDiagnostic accuracy study. Two examiners (expert and novice) acquired ultrasound images from ten patients; an experienced, blinded analyst quantified the images. In a separate group of ten patients, two analysts (expert and novice) quantified quadriceps muscle thickness and echogenicity (square or trace method) from images acquired by one examiner.
resultsExcellent reliability was found for image acquisition and analysis (intraclass correlation coefficients > 0.987; p < 0.001). The standard error of the measurement values ranged from 0.01 - 0.06cm for muscle thickness and from 0.75 - 2.04 arbitrary units for muscle echogenicity. The coefficients of variation were < 6% for thickness and echogenicity. The echogenicity values were higher when using the square technique than when using the tracing technique (p = 0.003).
conclusionUltrasound is safe, feasible, and reliable for muscle assessment in critically ill trauma patients, regardless of the assessor's level of expertise.
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