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ArticleJournal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions2023

The relationship between cartilage thickness and muscle thickness or leg length discrepancy in poliomyelitis sequelae.

Alper Uysal, Murat Güntel, Hava Özlem Dede

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Article in Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alper UysalPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic, Hatay Education and Research Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
Murat GüntelNeurology Department, Medicine Faculty, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Turkey.
Hava Özlem DedeClinical Neurophysiology, Neurology Clinic, Hatay Education and Research Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
Mustafa Kemal University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo evaluate the relationship between cartilage loss and differences in muscle thickness and/or leg length in poliomyelitis sequelae (PMS). Our study is the first to evaluate the relationship between cartilage loss and both muscle atrophy and leg length discrepancy in the same population.

methods37 patients with PMS and 38 healthy controls were included. Talar and distal femoral cartilage thicknesses and gastrocnemius medialis and quadriceps femoris muscle thicknesses were measured via ultrasound. Leg length differences and manual muscle strength were also evaluated.

resultsThe mean muscle thicknesses and cartilage thicknesses were thinner in the more affected legs than in the less affected legs in the patient group. All of the ultrasonographic measurements were thinner in the less affected legs of the patient group than in the right legs of the control group, except for the knee cartilage thicknesses. While there was a correlation between the cartilage thickness difference and the muscle thickness difference between the less and more affected legs in the patient group, there was no correlation between the cartilage thickness difference and leg length differences.

conclusionsPatients with PMS are predisposed to osteoarthritis. Talar and knee cartilage thicknesses may be more associated with the muscle thickness than the leg length discrepancy in PMS.

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LegPoliomyelitisCartilageHumansLower ExtremityQuadriceps MuscleUltrasonographyCartilage ThicknessLeg Length DiscrepancyMuscle ThicknessPoliomyelitisUltrasound

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PMID37259663
PMCPMC10233226
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