Effectiveness of Ultrasound in Evaluation of Fatty Infiltration in Rotator Cuff Muscles.

Conclusions: US is effective for detecting advanced FI in the rotator cuff muscles. US can assess the infraspinatus more accurately than the supraspinatus, and architecture is a more decisive component of FI status than echogenicity. PMID: 32117542 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32117542?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - March 3, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Orthop Surg Source Type: research

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