Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Elastographic Strain Ratio Measurements of Patellar and Achilles Tendons

Agladioglu K., AKKAYA N., Gungor H. R., Akkaya S., ÖK N., ÖZÇAKAR L.

JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE, vol.35, no.11, pp.2431-2438, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.7863/ultra.15.11050
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2431-2438
  • Keywords: Achilles tendon, elastography, musculoskeletal ultrasound, patellar tendon, smoking, sonography, REAL-TIME SONOELASTOGRAPHY, ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT, NICOTINE, RECONSTRUCTION, ACHILLODYNIA, IMPACT, MODEL, PAIN
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives-The aim of this study was to explore the sonographic and elastographic properties of patellar and Achilles tendons in smoking and nonsmoking otherwise healthy adults.