Titre
Applications of ultrasound elastography to hand and upper limb disorders.
Type
article
Institution
UNIL/CHUV/Unisanté + institutions partenaires
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Billy, J.
Auteure/Auteur
Bensamoun, S.F.
Auteure/Auteur
Mercier, J.
Auteure/Auteur
Durand, S.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
Liens vers les unités
ISSN
2468-1210
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2024-04
Volume
43
Numéro
2
Première page
101636
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Ultrasound elastography is a recently developed method for accurate measurement of soft tissue stiffness in addition to the clinician's subjective evaluation. The present review briefly describes the ultrasound elastography techniques and outlines clinical applications for tendon, muscle, nerve, skin and other soft tissues of the hand and upper limb. Strain elastography provides a qualitative evaluation of the stiffness, and shear-wave elastography generates quantitative elastograms superimposed on a B-mode image. The stiffness in degenerative tendinopathy and/or tendon injury was significantly lower than in a normal tendon in several studies. Elastography is also a reliable method to evaluate functional muscle activity, compared to conventional surface electromyography. The median nerve is consistently stiffer in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome than in healthy subjects, on whatever ultrasound elastography technique. Elastography distinguishes normal skin from scars and can be used to evaluate scar severity and treatment. Elastography has huge clinical applications in musculoskeletal tissues. Continued development of systems and increased training of clinicians will expand our knowledge of elastography and its clinical applications in the future.
Sujets
PID Serval
serval:BIB_3A79DD13AF85
PMID
Open Access
Oui
Date de création
2024-01-18T13:47:38.942Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-20T15:29:49Z
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38215880.pdf
Version du manuscrit
published
Licence
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Taille
3.14 MB
Format
Adobe PDF
PID Serval
serval:BIB_3A79DD13AF85.P001
URN
urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_3A79DD13AF854
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