Sonoelastography of Plantar Fascia: Reproducibility and Pattern Description in Healthy Subjects and Symptomatic Subjects

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2605-2613

  Ríos Díaz, José ^a   Martínez Payá, Jacinto J ^a   del Baño Aledo, María Elena ^a   de Groot Ferrando, Ana ^a   Botía Castillo, Paloma ^a   Fernández Rodríguez, David ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adults; Comparative study; Elasticity imaging techniques; Plantar fasciitis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULTS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELASTICITY IMAGING; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; PATTERN DESCRIPTION; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

COLOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FASCIA; FASCIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PLANTAR FASCIA; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SONOELASTOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEEL; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FASCIA; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HEEL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953366283     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.05.024     Document Type: Article

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