Implementing ultrasound imaging for the assessment of muscle and tendon properties in elite sports: Practical aspects, methodological considerations and future …

F Sarto, J Spörri, DP Fitze, JI Quinlan, MV Narici… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Ultrasound (US) imaging has been widely used in both research and clinical settings to
evaluate the morphological and mechanical properties of muscle and tendon. In elite sports …

Skeletal Muscle assessment using quantitative ultrasound: A narrative review

A Ashir, S Jerban, V Barrère, Y Wu, SB Shah… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ultrasound (US) is an important imaging tool for skeletal muscle analysis. The advantages of
US include point-of-care access, real-time imaging, cost-effectiveness, and absence of …

Human skeletal muscle size with ultrasound imaging: a comprehensive review

M Naruse, S Trappe, TA Trappe - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Skeletal muscle size is an important factor in assessing adaptation to exercise training and
detraining, athletic performance, age-associated atrophy and mobility decline, clinical …

Reliability and validity of panoramic ultrasound imaging for evaluating muscular quality and morphology: a systematic review

JA Valera-Calero, C Ojedo-Martin… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Panoramic ultrasound (US) is a novel method used to assess linear dimensions, cross-
sectional area, fatty infiltrate and echo-intensity features of muscles that cannot be measured …

Panoramic ultrasound vs. MRI for the assessment of hamstrings cross-sectional area and volume in a large athletic cohort

MV Franchi, DP Fitze, J Hanimann, F Sarto, J Spörri - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
We investigated the validity of panoramic ultrasound (US) compared to magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) for the assessment of hamstrings cross-sectional area (CSA) and volume …

Intramuscular EMG-driven musculoskeletal modelling: Towards implanted muscle interfacing in spinal cord injury patients

MK Jung, S Muceli, C Rodrigues… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Surface EMG-driven modelling has been proposed as a means to control
assistive devices by estimating joint torques. Implanted EMG sensors have several …

Ultrasound imaging of patellar tendon thickness in elite sprint track cyclists and elite soccer players: An intra-rater and inter-rater reliability study

S Klich, A Kosendiak, I Krymski, A Kawczyński… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The goal of our study was to investigate the relative and absolute intra-rater and inter-rater
reliability of ultrasound assessment of patellar tendon (PT) thickness assessed over four …

Validity and reliability of 3-D ultrasound imaging to measure hamstring muscle and tendon volumes

A Frouin, H Guenanten, G Le Sant… - Ultrasound in Medicine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The validity and reliability of 3-D ultrasound (US) in estimation of muscle and
tendon volume was assessed in a very limited number of muscles that can be easily …

Leg muscle cross-sectional area measured by ultrasound is highly correlated with MRI

JK Sponbeck, CR Frandsen, ST Ridge… - Journal of Foot and …, 2021 - Springer
Background The leg muscles are important for balance, posture, and movement during static
and dynamic activity. Obtaining cross-sectional area measurements (CSA) of the leg …

Metrology of supraspinatus tendon thickness in swimmers with tendinopathy using ultrasound imaging: an intra-and inter-rater reliability study

S Klich, M Podczarska-Głowacka… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Objective: This study aimed to assess the relative and absolute intra-and inter-rater reliability
of supraspinatus tendon (SST) thickness. Materials: Thirty adolescent swimmers with …