Reproducibility of Anterior Scalene Stiffness Measurement with Shear Wave Elastography: An Inter-Examiner Reliability Study.

Umut VarolElena Sánchez-JiménezJuan Antonio Valera-CaleroGustavo Plaza-ManzanoCésar Fernández-de-Las-PeñasMarcos José Navarro-SantanaSandra Sanchez-JorgeRicardo Ortega-Santiago

Published in: Ultraschall in der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980) (2023)

The obtained results suggest that assessing the AS stiffness properties in asymptomatic subjects is a reliable procedure. Further studies should verify the SWE capacity for discriminating healthy and clinical populations and identify potential factors contributing to the variance of measurement errors.

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