Supraspinatus muscle elasticity measured with real time shear wave ultrasound elastography correlates with MRI spectroscopic measured amount of fatty degeneration

Fatty Degeneration (FD) of the rotator cuff muscles influences functional and anatomical outcome after rotator cuff repair. The MRI based estimation of fatty degeneration is the gold standard. There is some ev...

Source: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders - December 28, 2017 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Fabian Gilbert, Detlef Klein, Andreas Max Weng, Herbert K östler, Benedikt Schmitz, Jonas Schmalzl and Dirk Böhm Tags: Research article Source Type: research