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

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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)

• 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.