Ultrasonic tissue characterization of the upper trapezius muscle in patients with myofascial pain syndrome.
Ultrasonic tissue characterization of the upper trapezius muscle in patients with myofascial pain syndrome.
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肌筋膜疼痛综合征患者上斜方肌的超声组织特征。
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10.1109/embc.2012.6346938
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2012
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Sikdar,Siddhartha
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Turo,Diego;Otto,Paul;Shah,JayP;Heimur,Juliana;Gebreab,Tadesse;Armstrong,Katherine;Gerber,LynnH;Sikdar,Siddhartha
肌筋膜触发点（MTrPs）是骨骼肌中可触及的压痛结节，当触及时会产生症状性牵涉痛。肌筋膜疼痛综合征（MPS）的特征性表现。MTrPs在MPS病理生理学中的作用尚不清楚。MTrPs性质的客观表征和定量测量可以改善其定位和诊断，以及导致临床结果的措施。与软组织颈部疼痛相关的MTrPs通常发现于上斜方肌。我们以前已经证明，MTRP可以使用超声成像可视化。本研究的目的是评估是否纹理为基础的图像分析可以区分结构异质性的症状MTrPs和正常肌肉。
Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are palpable, tender nodules in skeletal muscle that produce symptomatic referred pain when palpated. MTrPs are characteristic findings in myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). The role of MTrPs in the pathophysiology of MPS is unknown. Objective characterization and quantitative measurement of the properties of MTrPs can improve their localization and diagnosis, as well as lead to clinical outcome measures. MTrPs associated with soft tissue neck pain are often found in the upper trapezius muscle. We have previously demonstrated that MTrPs can be visualized using ultrasound imaging. The goal of this study was to evaluate whether texture-based image analysis can differentiate structural heterogeneity of symptomatic MTrPs and normal muscle.