Usability and pitfalls of shear-wave elastography for evaluation of muscle quality and its potential in assessing sarcopenia

Ondertitel:a review

Sarcopenia is age-related progressive and generalized loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength. Its prevalence is rising, which poses a burden for society because it increases disability and dependency and therefore raises health care costs. Muscle mass quality, however-an essential part of sarcopenia-is not easily diagnosable yet. Recent interest has risen for ultrasonographic evaluation of muscle. This review introduces muscle elastography as a possible, easy and cheap tool to evaluate qualitative muscle parameters. Basic principles of muscle elastography are described, as well as different elastography techniques and some technical considerations. Furthermore, a proposal for practical guidelines is offered and factors influencing muscle stiffness are highlighted. (E-mail: sophie.bastijns@zna.be) (C) 2020 World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. All rights reserved.

Jaar van publicatie:2020

Trefwoorden:A1 Journal article

BOF-keylabel:ja

BOF-publication weight:1

CSS-citation score:1

Authors from:Higher Education

Toegankelijkheid:Closed