Ultrasound elastography in musculoskeletal disorders

Aim: The purpose of the study is to assess the ultrasound elastographic appearance of musculoskeletal disorders (traumatic lesions, miosytis, neuro-muscular disease, inflammatory lesions). Methods: The study group consists of 50 patients with musculoskeletal disorders who were examined in the interval May 2007– January 2008. All patients were assessed using 2D ultrasound and elastography. The results were compared with clinical, biochemical and electromiographical analysis. The goal of the study was to characterize the elastographic appearance of the pathological changes of muscular tissue. Tissue stiffness was…