Stiffness and echogenicity: Development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solving
The assessment of soft tissue stiffness is important to evaluate many neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Several tools have been proposed for the assessment of stiffness, but ultrasonography appears to be most practical. The reflection of ultrasound waves as it travels through tissue enables assessme...
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doaj-242cc69748214fabaec7188dba1773aa2020-11-25T02:41:58ZengPAGEPress PublicationsEuropean Journal of Translational Myology2037-74522037-74602019-09-0129310.4081/ejtm.2019.8476Stiffness and echogenicity: Development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solvingAntonio Stecco0Carmelo Pirri1Raffaele De Caro2Preeti Raghavan3RUSK Rehabilitation, New York University School of Medicine, New YorkPhysical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, "Tor Vergata" University, RomeDepartment of Neuroscience, Institute of Human Anatomy, University of Padova, PadovaDepartments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore The assessment of soft tissue stiffness is important to evaluate many neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Several tools have been proposed for the assessment of stiffness, but ultrasonography appears to be most practical. The reflection of ultrasound waves as it travels through tissue enables assessment of tissue echogenicity, which is influenced by the characteristics of the sound wave as well as the characteristics of the tissue through which it passes, such as the amount of fat and fibrous tissue. However, tissue stiffness is not directly proportional to its echogenicity. Hence evaluation of echogenicity, as a stand-alone technique, is inadequate to describe its mechanical properties. The aim of this manuscript is to present a method of combining echogenicity evaluation by ultrasound and stiffness evaluation by palpation to better describe the mechanical properties of muscle using a stiffness-echogenicity matrix. https://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/bam/article/view/8476stiffnessechogenicityultrasoundelastography |
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Stiffness and echogenicity: Development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solving |
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Stiffness and echogenicity: Development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solving |
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Stiffness and echogenicity: Development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solving |
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stiffness and echogenicity: development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solving |
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The assessment of soft tissue stiffness is important to evaluate many neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Several tools have been proposed for the assessment of stiffness, but ultrasonography appears to be most practical. The reflection of ultrasound waves as it travels through tissue enables assessment of tissue echogenicity, which is influenced by the characteristics of the sound wave as well as the characteristics of the tissue through which it passes, such as the amount of fat and fibrous tissue. However, tissue stiffness is not directly proportional to its echogenicity. Hence evaluation of echogenicity, as a stand-alone technique, is inadequate to describe its mechanical properties. The aim of this manuscript is to present a method of combining echogenicity evaluation by ultrasound and stiffness evaluation by palpation to better describe the mechanical properties of muscle using a stiffness-echogenicity matrix.
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