ArticleJournal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine2023
Reliability of Continuous Shear Wave Elastography in the Pathological Patellar Tendon.
Article in Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06939491 (Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Electrolysis Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Comparison of Ultrasound-Guided Electrolysis Therapy (USGET) vs. Sham USGET on Patients With Patellar Tendinopathy: A Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) Assessing the Effects on Pain, Function, and Tendon Structure Including MRI and Shear-wave Elastography Ultrasound Imaging
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Longitudinal Ultrasound Assessment of Achilles and Patellar Tendon Morphology in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 Female Gymnasts.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Integration of Shear-Wave Elastography and Inertial Motion Sensing for Quantitative Monitoring of Tendon Remodeling After Shockwave Therapy in Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- An exploratory study of relationships among morphological and mechanical properties of the patellar tendon and patient-reported outcomes after ACLR using BPTB autograft.Journal of experimental orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Comparing clinical and functional outcomes of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using sonoelastografi.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2025Article
- Prediction of Range of Motion in Patients After Total Knee Arthroplasty by Shear Wave Elastography.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effect of joint angle positioning on shearwave speed and variability with ultrasound shearwave elastography in asymptomatic Achilles and patellar tendons.Journal of biomechanics · 2024Article
- Platelet-rich plasma for patellar tendinopathy: a randomized controlled trial correlating clinical outcomes and quantitative imaging.Radiology advances · 2024Article
- Regional healing trajectory of the patellar tendon after bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft harvest for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2024Article
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- Time to treat the tendon rupture induced by surgery: early hypertrophy of the patellar tendon graft site predicts strong quadriceps after ACLR with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023Article
- Challenging the assumption of uniformity in patellar tendon structure: Regional patellar tendon morphology and mechanical properties in vivo.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the knee joint with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging.Journal of ultrasonography · 2023Article
- The Basas Spanish Squat: Superimposition of Electrical Stimulation to Optimize Patellar Tendon Strain: A Case Series.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesPatellar tendon injuries occur via various mechanisms such as overuse, or due to surgical graft harvest for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR). Quantified patellar tendon stiffness after injury may help guide clinical care. Continuous shear wave elastography (cSWE) allows for the assessment of viscosity and shear modulus in tendons. The reliability of the measure, however, has not been established in the patellar tendon. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrater reliability, intrarater reliability, and between-day stability of cSWE in both healthy and pathological patellar tendons.
methodsParticipants with patellar tendinopathy (n = 13), history of ACLR using bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft (n = 9), and with no history of patellar tendon injury (n = 13) were recruited. cSWE was performed 4 times by multiple raters over 2 days. Intraclass correlations (ICC) and minimum detectable change (MDC
resultsGood to excellent between-day stability were found for viscosity (ICC = 0.905, MDC
conclusionscSWE is a reliable assessment tool for quantifying patellar tendon viscoelastic properties over time. It is recommended, however, that a single rater performs the measure as the interrater reliability was less than ideal.
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