Quantitative Ultrasound Assessment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome Affecting the Trapezius: A Reliability Study.

Dinesh A KumbhareSaurabh ShawLiza Grosman-RimonMichael D Noseworthy

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2017)

This study demonstrated that quantitative analysis of the echo intensity of US images can provide important information. However, further research is necessary to explore the relationships among sex, age, blob area, count, body mass index, regional anatomy, and extent of training or exercise of the particular muscle.

Keyphrases

body mass index
high intensity
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
high resolution
skeletal muscle
healthcare
computed tomography
deep learning
machine learning
health information
peripheral blood
weight gain
optical coherence tomography
convolutional neural network
resistance training
virtual reality