ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Using Shear-Wave Elastography to Assess Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage: A Review.
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- Muscle elasticity variations in assessing age-related changes in adults - A systematic review.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2025Pooled it
- Rectus Femoris Neuromechanical Responses to Exercise-Induced 3% Body Mass Loss by Baseline Hydration Status: A Randomized Group Comparison.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Effects of a Manual Treatment on Lumbar Microcirculation and Tissue Stiffness Following Submaximal Eccentric Trunk Extensor Exercise: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Effects of Maximal Concentric Contractions on Myotendinous Mechanical Properties in Prepubertal Boys.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- Predictive Value of Cervical Length Measurement Combined With Shear Wave Elastography Parameters for Preterm Birth: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026Article
- Shear Wave Elastography in Musculoskeletal Imaging: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Heterogenous quadriceps femoris inter-head but consistent intra-head rigidity changes after voluntary eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Assessing the Recovery of Muscle Fatigue Using Shear Wave Elastography.Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Systemic Integrative Mechanisms and Intervention Strategies in Exercise-Induced Skeletal Muscle Damage: Evidence from Animal, Clinical, and Multi-Omics Studies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Shear wave elastography for assessing rectus femoris stiffness: a study on the interaction and reliability of body position and contraction state.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- The effect of repetitive exercise on tensile changes in the infraspinatus muscle evaluated with ultrasound elastography.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Article
- Biceps brachii elastography in well-trained men post eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Article
- Supine Bridge Exercise for Low Back Pain: A Fascial Approach for Movement Impairment Syndromes (Part II).Cureus · 2025Review
- Decoding Ultramarathon: Muscle Damage as the Main Impediment to Performance.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Review
- The effects of spinal flexion exposure on lumbar muscle shear modulus and posture.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Article
- Preliminary study on the influencing factors of Young's modulus of viscoelastic model detected by shear wave elasticity.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Value of Conventional Ultrasound Combined with Shear Wave Elastography for Sarcopenia in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- Yoga training enhances elastic biomechanics of trapezius and hamstrings: a quantitative SWE assessment.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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- Ultrasound shear wave seeds reduced following hamstring strain injury but not after returning to sport.Insights into imaging · 2024Article
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Abstract
Shear-wave elastography is a method that is increasingly used to assess muscle stiffness in clinical practice and human health research. Recently, shear-wave elastography has been suggested and used to assess exercise-induced muscle damage. This review aimed to summarize the current knowledge of the utility of shear-wave elastography for assessment of muscle damage. In general, the literature supports the shear-wave elastography as a promising method for assessment of muscle damage. Increases in shear modulus are reported immediately and up to several days after eccentric exercise, while studies using shear-wave elastography during and after endurance events are showing mixed results. Moreover, it seems that shear modulus increases are related to the decline in voluntary strength loss. We recommend that shear modulus is measured at multiple muscles within a muscle group and preferably at longer muscle lengths. While further studies are needed to confirm this, the disruption of calcium homeostasis seems to be the primary candidate for the underlying mechanism explaining the increases in shear modulus observed after eccentric exercise. It remains to be investigated how well the changes in shear modulus correlate with directly assessed amount of muscle damage (biopsy).
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