ArticleEuropean radiology2021
Quantitative evaluation of passive muscle stiffness by shear wave elastography in healthy individuals of different ages.
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- Detecting age-related changes in skeletal muscle mechanics using ultrasound shear wave elastography.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Ultrasound Elastography in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Regional assessments of supraspinatus muscle stiffness in normal adults using shear wave elastography.Heliyon · 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
- Effect of Anthropometric Parameters on Achilles Tendon Stiffness of Professional Athletes Measured by Shear Wave Elastography.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Effect of age on shear modulus, muscle thickness, echo intensity of the upper limb, lower limb, and trunk muscles in healthy women.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
- Characterization of Muscle Weakness Due to Myasthenia Gravis Using Shear Wave Elastography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate age-related changes on passive muscle stiffness in healthy individuals and measure the shear modulus in different age groups.
methodsShear wave elastography (SWE) movies of gastrocnemius medialis (GM) were collected during passive stretching induced by ankle rotation from plantarflexion (PF) to dorsiflexion (DF). A series of SWE images at ankle angles of PF 40°, PF 30°, PF 20°, PF 10°, 0°, DF 10°, DF 20°, and DF 30° were collected and shear moduli measured accordingly for analyses.
resultsEighty-six healthy volunteers (27 children, 31 middle-aged adults, and 28 older people) were recruited. No significant difference was observed in the shear modulus between the three groups at ankle angles of PF 40°, PF 30°, PF 20°, PF 10°, and 0° (p > 0.05). The difference in the shear modulus among the three groups became significant as DF increased. At ankle angles of DF 10°, DF 20°, and DF 30°, the shear modulus was the greatest in the older group, followed by the middle-aged group and then the children group (p = 0.007, 0.000, and 0.000, respectively).
conclusionsPassive muscle stiffness increases with age, and the difference between age groups was pronounced only after reaching a certain degree of stretching. KEY POINTS: • The influence of age on passive muscle stiffness becomes pronounced only after reaching a certain degree of stretching. • Age should be considered when evaluating passive muscle stiffness in muscular disorders.
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