Does Rest Time before Ultrasonography Imaging Affect Quadriceps Femoris Muscle Thickness, Cross-Sectional Area and Echo Intensity Measurements?

Authors/Creators

Pedro Lopez
Matheus Daros Pinto, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Ronei Silveira Pinto

Abstract

In the work described here, our aim was to determine, in an elderly population, changes in muscle thickness (MT), cross-sectional area (CSA) and echo intensity (EI) of the quadriceps muscles at four time points (0, 5, 10 and 15 min; i.e., T0, T5, T10 and T15, respectively) after changing from a standing to supine position. Twenty-one elderly participants (14 men: 68.1 ± 4.6 y; 8 women: 66.8 ± 4.1 y) were evaluated at four time points. Rectus femoris CSA (RF

Keywords

Aged, article, clinical article, controlled study, echography, female, human, human experiment, male, muscle thickness, rectus femoris muscles, upine position, vastus intermedius muscle, Cross-sectional area, Echo intensity, Elderly, Muscle thickness, Ultrasound

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2-1-2019

ISSN

1879-291X

Volume

45

Issue

2

PubMed ID

30471782

Publication Title

Ultrasound in medicine & biology

Publisher

Elsevier USA

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences / Centre for Exercise and Sports Science Research

RAS ID

31222

Comments

Lopez, P., Pinto, M. D., & Pinto, R. S. (2019). Does rest time before ultrasonography imaging affect quadriceps femoris muscle thickness, cross-sectional area and echo intensity measurements? Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, 45(2), 612-616. Available here

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First Page

612

Last Page

616