Shear Wave Elastography Is a Reliable and Repeatable Method for Measuring the Elastic Modulus of the Rectus Femoris Muscle and Patellar Tendon

TAŞ S., ONUR M. R., YILMAZ S., SOYLU A. R., KORKUSUZ F.

JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE, cilt.36, sa.3, ss.565-570, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.7863/ultra.16.03032
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.565-570
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: muscle, musculoskeletal ultrasound, reliability, shear wave elastography, sonography, tendon
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives-The purpose of this study was to determine intraobserver, interobserver, and inter-day reliability levels for stiffness measurements of the patellar tendon and rectus femoris muscle using shear wave elastography (SWE).