Reliability of sonography in the assessment of lumbar stabilizer muscles size in healthy subjects and patients with scoliosis.
J Bodyw Mov Ther
; 23(1): 138-141, 2019 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of the present study was to compare the reliability of sonography in the evaluation of abdominal and multifidus muscles size between healthy subjects and patients with scoliosis.METHODS:
In this study, 20 healthy males and 20 male patients with scoliosis (20-50 years old) were recruited. Multifidus and abdominal muscles (transversus abdominis, internal and external oblique) size were assessed by sonography. Three images were recorded; the first and second images were taken on the same day with an hour interval to evaluate within-day reliability, and the third image was taken one-week later to assess between-day reliability.RESULTS:
Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICCâ¯=â¯0.82-0.91) demonstrated high within-day reliability of sonography in the assessment of abdominal muscle thickness in both groups. In addition, high between-day reliability was observed for these muscles in both healthy and patient groups (ICCâ¯=â¯0.80-0.89). Within-day and also between-day reliability of multifidus muscle were shown to be high in the healthy group (ICCâ¯=â¯0.81-0.88) and the patient group (ICCâ¯=â¯0.78-0.85). Overall, within-day reliability was higher than between-day reliability and also the reliability of sonography in healthy subjects was greater than of those suffering from scoliosis.CONCLUSIONS:
According to the results, sonography was shown to be a highly reliable imaging technique for assessment of abdominal and multifidus muscle size in healthy males and those suffering from scoliosis.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Escoliose
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Ultrassonografia
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Músculos Abdominais
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Músculos Paraespinais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Bodyw Mov Ther
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA FISICA
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TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article