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Ultrasound Imaging Evaluation of Textural Features in Athletes with Soleus Pathology—A Novel Case-Control Study

Carlos Romero-moralesDaniel López-lópezEmmanuel Navarro-floresBlanca De-la-cruz-torres

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Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtyIntraclass correlationHealth Toxicology and Mutagenesislcsh:MedicineArticle030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging03 medical and health sciencesultrasound imaging0302 clinical medicineUltrasonsPathologyHumansMedicineMuscle SkeletalUltrasonographySoleus musclebiologybusiness.industryAthletesSoleus musclelcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthCase-control studysoleus muscleReproducibility of ResultsEchogenicityCentral tendonEsports Lesions030229 sport sciencesbiology.organism_classificationPatologiaQuantitative ultrasoundathletesechotextural analysisAthletesCase-Control StudiesEchotextural analysisUltrasound imagingpathologybusinessUltrasound imaging

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Background: the aim of this study was to compare the echotexture of patients with soleus muscle injury and age matched controls. Methods: a sample of 62 athletes was recruited at the private clinic and was divided in two group: a healthy group (n=31) and a soleus pathology group whose athletes had soleus muscle injury, located in the central tendon (n=31). The muscle thickness (MTh), echointensity (EI) and echovariation (EV) were analyzed. An intra-rater reliability test (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient-ICC) was performed in order to analyze the reliability of the values of the measurements. Results: Sociodemographic variables did not show statistically significant differences (p &gt

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-02-01International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
10.3390/ijerph18041983https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/1983