1. Sonoelastography of plantar fascia: reproducibility and pattern description in healthy subjects and symptomatic subjects
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J. Ríos-Díaz, Ana de Groot-Ferrando, Jacinto J. Martínez-Payá, María Elena del Baño-Aledo, Paloma Botía-Castillo, David Fernández-Rodríguez, Martínez Payá, Jacinto Javier, Baño Aledo, María Elena, ´Fernández Rodríguez, David, Botía Castillo, Paloma, and Groot Ferrando, Ana
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Adult ,Male ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Biophysics ,Sonoelastography ,Plantar fasciitis ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,Young Adult ,Elasticity imaging techniques ,Elastic Modulus ,Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted ,medicine ,Humans ,Adults ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Fascia ,Fasciitis ,Ultrasonography ,Observer Variation ,Reproducibility ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,Reproducibility of Results ,Echogenicity ,Anatomy ,Image Enhancement ,medicine.disease ,Confidence interval ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Fasciitis, Plantar ,Plantar Fasciitis ,Female ,Heel ,Plantar fascia ,Stress, Mechanical ,Comparative study ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Nuclear medicine - Abstract
The purpose of the work reported here was to describe the sonoelastographic appearance of the plantar fascia of healthy volunteers and patients with fasciitis. Twenty-three healthy subjects and 21 patients with plantar fasciitis were examined using B-mode and real-time sonoelastography (RTSR) scanning. B-Mode examination included fascia thickness and echotexture. Echogenicity and echovariation of the color histogram were analyzed. Fasciae were classified into type 1, blue (more elastic); type 2, blue/green (intermediate); or type 3, green (less elastic). RTSE revealed 72.7% of fasciae as type 2, with no significant association with fasciitis (c253.6, df 52, p 50.17). Quantitative analysis of the color histogram revealed a significantly greater intensity of green (mean577.8, 95% confidence interval [CI]571.9–83.6) and blue (mean574.2, 95% CI569.7–78.8) in healthy subjects. Echovariation of the color red was 33.4%higher in the fasciitis group than in the healthy group (95% CI516.7–50.1). Sonoelastography with quantitative analysis of echovariation can be a useful tool for evaluation of plantar fascia pathology. Actividad Física y Deporte Medicina Terapia y Rehabilitación
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- 2015