Reliability and validity of ultrasound elastography for evaluating muscle stiffness in neurological populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

T Miller, M Ying, C Sau Lan Tsang, M Huang… - Physical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Ultrasound elastography is an emerging diagnostic technology used to investigate
the biomechanical properties of the musculoskeletal system. The purpose of this study was …

Characterizing musculoskeletal tissue mechanics based on shear wave propagation: a systematic review of current methods and reported measurements

J Blank, M Blomquist, L Arant, S Cone… - Annals of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Developing methods for the non-invasive characterization of the mechanics of
musculoskeletal tissues is an ongoing research focus in biomechanics. Often, these …

Quantitative evaluation of passive muscle stiffness by shear wave elastography in healthy individuals of different ages

X Liu, H Yu, S Sheng, S Liang, H Lu, R Chen, M Pan… - European …, 2021 - Springer
Objectives To investigate age-related changes on passive muscle stiffness in healthy
individuals and measure the shear modulus in different age groups. Methods Shear wave …

Ultrasound shearwave elastography to characterize muscles of healthy and cerebral palsy children

P Lallemant-Dudek, C Vergari, G Dubois, V Forin… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Shear wave elastography (SWE) is an ultrasound technique to obtain soft tissue mechanical
properties. The aim of this study was to establish the reliability of SWE in young children …

Efficacy of ultrasound and shear wave elastography for the diagnosis of breast cancer–related lymphedema

AV Polat, M Ozturk, AK Polat… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To assess the feasibility of ultrasound and shear wave elastography (SWE) in the
diagnosis of breast cancer–related lymphedema. Methods Forty‐one patients with a history …

Ultrasound elastography in neuromuscular and movement disorders

B Harmon, M Wells, D Park, J Gao - Clinical Imaging, 2019 - Elsevier
The purpose of this review is to summarize main pathophysiology of neuromuscular and
movement disorders, present published evidence of ultrasound elastography in the …

The Value of Real‐Time Shear Wave Elastography before and after Rehabilitation of Upper Limb Spasm in Stroke Patients

J Liu, H Pan, Y Bao, Y Zhao, L Huang… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. Our goal was to evaluate the efficacy of muscle spasm before and after
rehabilitation by comparing shear wave propagation velocity (SWV) and Young's modulus …

Effect of compression garments on the development of delayed-onset muscle soreness: a multimodal approach using contrast-enhanced ultrasound and acoustic …

R Heiss, M Kellermann, B Swoboda, C Grim… - Journal of Orthopaedic & …, 2018 - jospt.org
Background Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is one of the most common reasons
for impaired muscle performance in sports. However, little consensus exists regarding which …

[HTML][HTML] Stiffness and echogenicity: Development of a stiffness-echogenicity matrix for clinical problem solving

A Stecco, C Pirri, R De Caro… - European Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The assessment of soft tissue stiffness is important to evaluate many neuromusculoskeletal
conditions. Several tools have been proposed for the assessment of stiffness, but …

The shear modulus of lower-leg muscles correlates to intramuscular pressure

S Sadeghi, M Johnson, DA Bader, DH Cortes - Journal of biomechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
Shear wave elastography (SWE) is emerging as an innovative tool to evaluate muscle
properties and function. It has been shown to correlate with both passive and active muscle …