Interrater reliability of ultrasound elastography to examine the stiffness and elasticity of muscles and fascia of the lower extremity in healthy adults

Introduction: Ultrasound elastography is one of the first real-time imaging techniques to quantify mechanical tissue properties. With the help of ultrasound elastography, therapists' palpation techniques can be further developed diagnostically, and different muscular and fascial tissue  stiffness can be shown objectively and visually (Brandenburg et al 2014).

Source: Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies - October 1, 2018 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Christopher B öttner Source Type: research