ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2024
Reliability of muscle stiffness measures in popliteus, medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles by ultrasound shear wave elastography in participants with knee osteoarthritis accompanied by myofascial trigger points.
Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Placental Stiffness Measured by Sonoelastography in Fetal Growth Restriction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic and clinical utility of ultrasound elastography for uterine cervical neoplasms-a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Pooled it
- Three-Dimensional Printing and Personalized Bioceramic Scaffolds for Dental and Maxillofacial Applications: A Narrative Review.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Reliability of quadriceps and hamstring muscle stiffness measured by ultrasound shear wave elastography in patients with knee osteoarthritis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- A Time-Efficient and Reproducible Rat Model of Myofascial Pain Syndrome-Like Phenotypes Induced by Repeated Mechanical Impact and Eccentric Exercise.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Quantitative ultrasound assessment of gastrocnemius muscle changes in patients with knee osteoarthritis.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Latent myofascial trigger point injection improves symptoms in functional gastrointestinal disorders.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Article
- Exploratory Assessment of Muscle Thickness and Stiffness Around Arteriovenous Fistulas Using Shear Wave Elastography.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe objective of this investigation is to evaluate the consistency of intra-rater and inter-rater assessments utilizing ultrasound elastography to examine the muscle stiffness of the popliteus and gastrocnemius (medial and lateral heads) in patients with knee osteoarthritis accompanied by myofascial trigger points.
methodsThirty individuals with knee osteoarthritis accompanied by myofascial trigger points were assessed. Two examiners independently measured the muscle stiffness levels of the popliteus and gastrocnemius (medial and lateral heads) three times using ultrasound elastography in the first session. The second session was conducted one week later.
resultsIn the initial test session, the mean shear modulus values for the popliteus and gastrocnemius (medial and lateral heads) muscles were measured as follows for tester 1 (12.75, 13.72, 14.13 kPa) and tester 2 (11.66, 12.81, 13.17 kPa). During the retest session, the previously measured variables by tester 1 and tester 2 yielded the following values: (12.61, 13.43, 14.26 kPa) and (11.62, 12.87, 13.30 kPa) respectively." Good to excellent intra-rater reliability (ICC = 0.912-0.986) and inter-rater reliability (ICC = 0.766-0.956) were reported for the shear moduli of the popliteus, medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles.
conclusionsThe assessment of muscle stiffness in the popliteus and gastrocnemius (medial and lateral heads) using ultrasound elastography is a reliable method in patients with knee osteoarthritis accompanied by myofascial trigger points.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.