ArticleUltrasonography (Seoul, Korea)2021
Evaluation of the ulnar nerve with shear-wave elastography: a potential sonographic method for the diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy.
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Role of Ultrasound and Shear Wave Elastography in Diagnosis and Grading of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy analysis of small-incision in situ decompression under ultrasound combined with shear-wave elastography in the treatment of ulnar neuropathy at the elbow.International orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Investigation of perioperative changes in sciatic nerve stiffness in patients with lumbar disc herniation using shear wave elastography: A longitudinal cohort study.Fukushima journal of medical science · 2026Article
- Overall Health Status of Patients with Mild-to-Moderate Cubital Tunnel Syndrome: A Case-Control Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Peripheral nerve ultrasound: a survival guide for the practicing radiologist with updates.The ultrasound journal · 2025Review
- Changes in Ultrasound Measurements of the Ulnar Nerve at Different Elbow Joint Positions in Patients with Cubital Tunnel Syndrome.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Diagnosis of ulnar nerve entrapment anterior to the medial epicondyle by ultrasound elastography and diffusion tensor imaging with fiber tractography: a case report.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2022Article
- Post-Operative Assessment of Ulnar Nerve Tension Using Shear-Wave Elastography.Neurology international · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study was designed to verify whether shear-wave elastography (SWE) can be used to differentiate ulnar neuropathy at the cubital tunnel from asymptomatic ulnar nerve or medial epicondylitis. An additional aim was to determine a cut-off value to identify patients with ulnar neuropathy.
methodsThis study included 10 patients with ulnar neuropathy at the cubital tunnel as confirmed with electromyography (three women and seven men; mean age, 51.9 years), 10 patients with medial epicondylitis (nine women and one man; mean age, 56.1 years), and 37 patients with asymptomatic ulnar nerve and lateral epicondylitis (21 women and 16 men; mean age, 54.0 years). Each patient underwent SWE of the ulnar nerve at the cubital tunnel, distal upper arm, and proximal forearm.
resultsPatients with ulnar neuropathy at the cubital tunnel exhibited significantly greater mean ulnar nerve stiffness at the cubital tunnel (66.8 kPa) than controls with medial epicondylitis (21.2 kPa, P=0.015) or lateral epicondylitis (33.9 kPa, P=0.040). No significant differences were observed between patients and controls with regard to ulnar nerve stiffness at the distal upper arm or the proximal forearm. A stiffness of 31.0 kPa provided 100% specificity, 80.0% sensitivity, 100% positive predictive value, and 83.3% negative predictive value for the differentiation between ulnar neuropathy and medial epicondylitis.
conclusionCubital tunnel syndrome is associated with a stiffer ulnar nerve than lateral or medial epicondylitis. SWE seems to be a new, reliable, and simple quantitative diagnostic technique to aid in the precise diagnosis of ulnar neuropathy at the cubital tunnel.
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