Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients
There is no specific designed diagnostic test for post-poliomyelitis syndrome. The most important symptoms of this syndrome are new loss of muscle strength and more fatigue. Previous studies have investigated muscle ultrasound parameters to distinguish neuromuscular disease patients from healthy con...
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| author | Álvaro Mateos-Angulo José Andrés Salazar-Agulló Cristina Roldán-Jiménez Manuel Trinidad-Fernández Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas |
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| description | There is no specific designed diagnostic test for post-poliomyelitis syndrome. The most important symptoms of this syndrome are new loss of muscle strength and more fatigue. Previous studies have investigated muscle ultrasound parameters to distinguish neuromuscular disease patients from healthy controls. The aim of this study was to investigate if muscle thickness and echo intensity measured by ultrasound can discriminate post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients from healthy controls. A total of 29 post-polio patients and 27 healthy controls participated in this cross-sectional study. Anthropometric measures, muscle thickness, echo intensity using B-mode ultrasound in rectus femoris and biceps brachii muscles, and muscle strength test data were collected. Muscle thickness in rectus femoris was significantly lower in post-poliomyelitis patients than in healthy controls, but not in biceps brachii. Echo intensity in rectus femoris and biceps brachii was higher in post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients than in healthy controls. Correlations were found between muscle thickness and strength in the upper and lower limbs. The results of the present study showed that muscle thickness in rectus femoris and echo intensity in rectus femoris and biceps brachii can discriminate post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients from healthy controls. A better assessment is possible because it can observe differences and relevant parameters in this clinical population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d938bf60dfc41c9b3497898a843a5bc2023-11-24T04:20:16ZengMDPI AGDiagnostics2075-44182022-11-011211274310.3390/diagnostics12112743Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio PatientsÁlvaro Mateos-Angulo0José Andrés Salazar-Agulló1Cristina Roldán-Jiménez2Manuel Trinidad-Fernández3Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas4Department of Physiotherapy, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, SpainCentro de Salud El Palo, 29018 Málaga, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, SpainThere is no specific designed diagnostic test for post-poliomyelitis syndrome. The most important symptoms of this syndrome are new loss of muscle strength and more fatigue. Previous studies have investigated muscle ultrasound parameters to distinguish neuromuscular disease patients from healthy controls. The aim of this study was to investigate if muscle thickness and echo intensity measured by ultrasound can discriminate post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients from healthy controls. A total of 29 post-polio patients and 27 healthy controls participated in this cross-sectional study. Anthropometric measures, muscle thickness, echo intensity using B-mode ultrasound in rectus femoris and biceps brachii muscles, and muscle strength test data were collected. Muscle thickness in rectus femoris was significantly lower in post-poliomyelitis patients than in healthy controls, but not in biceps brachii. Echo intensity in rectus femoris and biceps brachii was higher in post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients than in healthy controls. Correlations were found between muscle thickness and strength in the upper and lower limbs. The results of the present study showed that muscle thickness in rectus femoris and echo intensity in rectus femoris and biceps brachii can discriminate post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients from healthy controls. A better assessment is possible because it can observe differences and relevant parameters in this clinical population.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/11/2743neuromuscular diseasespost-poliomyelitis syndromeultrasonographymuscle strengthpostviral fatigue syndrome |
| spellingShingle | Álvaro Mateos-Angulo José Andrés Salazar-Agulló Cristina Roldán-Jiménez Manuel Trinidad-Fernández Antonio Ignacio Cuesta-Vargas Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients Diagnostics neuromuscular diseases post-poliomyelitis syndrome ultrasonography muscle strength postviral fatigue syndrome |
| title | Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients |
| title_full | Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients |
| title_fullStr | Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients |
| title_short | Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients |
| title_sort | ultrasonography assessment based on muscle thickness and echo intensity in post polio patients |
| topic | neuromuscular diseases post-poliomyelitis syndrome ultrasonography muscle strength postviral fatigue syndrome |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/11/2743 |
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