在健康的成年人群中定义正常内硬度范围
Mohammad Khairi Jahidi Mahazer1, Sook Sam Leong2, Jeannie Hsiu Ding Wong3,4
1Department of Medical Imaging, Hospital Sultan Zainal Abidin, 21300, Terengganu, Malaysia.
The British journal of radiology
|December 26, 2024
概括
剪切波弹性成像 (SWE) 可靠地测量内硬度,年龄显著影响四头肌,上肌和左阿基里斯肌的硬度. 这种可重复的方法显示了观察者之间很好的共识.
科学领域:
- 肌肉骨成像技术 肌肉骨成像技术
- 类风湿病学 类风湿病学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 合成硬度对于了解肌健康和功能至关重要.
- 剪波弹性图 (SWE) 是一种新兴的超声波技术,用于非侵入性地评估组织硬性.
- 人口因素可能会影响体的机械性能.
研究的目的:
- 调查志愿者人口统计学 (年龄,性别,BMI) 和内硬度之间的关系.
- 评估SWE测量在不同环境中的观察者内部和观察者间的一致性.
- 为了确定年龄和性别对内硬度的影响.
主要方法:
- 98名健康的志愿者接受了四头肌,上肌,下肌和阿基里斯结节的SWE.
- 使用剪波速度 (SWV) 量化了刚度.
- 统计分析包括曼-惠特尼,威尔科克森签名等级,斯皮尔曼相关性,多重线性回归和克鲁斯卡尔-瓦利斯测试.
主要成果:
- 性别之间没有观察到SWV的显著差异.
- 在左侧和右侧阿基里斯结节之间发现了SWV的显著差异.
- 年龄在四头肌中与SWV有中度的负相关性,在上皮上皮和左阿基里斯结节中有弱的负相关性.
- 年龄是四头骨,上骨和左阿基里斯结节硬度的重要预测因素.
- 在所有实验中,观察者内部和观察者间都达成了良好的共识 (0.780.89).
结论:
- SWE是一种可重复的方法,用于量化内硬度.
- 年龄是影响SWV的重要人口因素.
- 在所有年龄组中,阿基里斯位表现出最高的SWV.
- 这些发现有助于理解生物力学和人口统计学的影响.
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