Enhanced echo intensity and a higher extracellular water-to-intracellular water ratio are helpful clinical signs for detecting muscle degeneration in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Masashi TaniguchiYoshihiro FukumotoMasahide YagiMomoko YamagataMasashi KobayashiYosuke YamadaMisaka KimuraNoriaki IchihashiPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2021)
VM EI and the ECW/ICW ratio, rather than VM MT, characterised quadriceps muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA. Therefore, enhanced EI and a higher ECW/ICW ratio are helpful clinical signs for detecting muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA. Key Points •Echo intensity (EI) of the vastus medialis and the extracellular-to-intracellular water (ECW/ICW) ratio significantly increased in patients with knee osteoarthritis OA). •Enhanced EI and a higher ECW/ICW ratio are useful clinical signs for detecting muscle degeneration in patients with knee OA.