Determination of differences in ultrasound parameters for patellar tendons in males with unilateral patellar tendinopathy-An ancillary analysis of data from two randomized controlled trials.
J Clin Ultrasound
; 52(5): 548-557, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To investigate power Doppler (PD) activity and tendon structure (between the injured and contralateral limb) in patients with unilateral patellar tendinopathy (PT) using ultrasonography (US). Secondly, the aim was to determine the intra-rater reliability of the PD activity and tendon structure.METHODS:
This study analyzed US baseline data from 57 male participants with symptomatic unilateral PT who had been enrolled in one of two randomized clinical trials. Data were analyzed to examine if systematic differences existed between injured and contralateral limbs using Fiji ImageJ.RESULTS:
The PD activity of the symptomatic tendon was larger 25.6 (Q1 = 14.9; Q3 = 41.6) mm2 than the asymptomatic 0 (Q1 = 0.0; Q3 = 0.0) mm2 (p < 0.001). There was a significantly greater tendon thickness at the proximal (2.5 mm 95% CI [2.0; 3.0]), mid (0.8 mm 95% CI [0.5; 1.1]), and distal (0.2 mm 95% CI [0.1; 0.4]) part of the tendon for the symptomatic compared to the asymptomatic tendon. Intra-rater reliability for PD activity and tendon structure ranged from moderate-to-excellent (0.74; 0.99).CONCLUSION:
These results provide mean estimates for tendon thickness of symptomatic and asymptomatic tendons, that can be used for clinicians to reliably estimate pathological tendon thickness.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Ligamento Patelar
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Tendinopatia
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Ultrasound
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca