SynthesisCells2022
Muscle Sonography in Inclusion Body Myositis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 944 Measurements.
Synthesis in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Utility of ultrasound in measuring quadriceps muscle thickness in patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis: comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2025Pooled it
- Nociceptive pain in late-onset Pompe disease: prevalence, distribution, and clinical correlates.Journal of neurology · 2026Article
- Muscle Imaging in Inclusion Body Myositis: Refinement of MRI Criteria and Insights Into Upper Body Involvement.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2026Article
- The Role of Imaging Techniques in the Evaluation of Extraglandular Manifestations in Patients with Sjögren's Syndrome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- [Sonography of muscles : Rheumatology-Neurology-Geriatrics-Sports medicine-Orthopedics].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2024Review
- Review
- [Myositis: from diagnosis to treatment].Der Nervenarzt · 2023Review
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a slowly progressive muscle weakness of distal and proximal muscles, which is diagnosed by clinical and histopathological criteria. Imaging biomarkers are inconsistently used and do not follow international standardized criteria. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the diagnostic value of muscle ultrasound (US) in IBM compared to healthy controls. A systematic search of PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus and Web of Science was performed. Articles reporting the use of muscle ultrasound in IBM, and published in peer-reviewed journals until 11 September 2021, were included in our study. Seven studies were included, with a total of 108 IBM and 171 healthy controls. Echogenicity between IBM and healthy controls, which was assessed by three studies, demonstrated a significant mean difference in the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscle, which had a grey scale value (GSV) of 36.55 (95% CI, 28.65-44.45,
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