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Quantification of Extramyocellular Lipids and Intramuscular Fat from Muscle Echo Intensity in Lower Limb Muscles: A Comparison of Four Ultrasound Devices against Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

This study aimed to compare different ultrasound devices with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to quantify muscle lipid content from echo intensity (EI). Four different ultrasound devices were used to measure muscle EI and subcutaneous fat thickness in four lower-limb muscles. Intramuscular fat...

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Autores principales: Piponnier, Enzo, Ishikawa, Masaki, Kunimasa, Yoko, Sano, Kanae, Jagot, Kévin, Boisseau, Nathalie, Kurihara, Toshiyuki, Martin, Vincent
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Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10255973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37300012
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23115282
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author Piponnier, Enzo
Ishikawa, Masaki
Kunimasa, Yoko
Sano, Kanae
Jagot, Kévin
Boisseau, Nathalie
Kurihara, Toshiyuki
Martin, Vincent
author_facet Piponnier, Enzo
Ishikawa, Masaki
Kunimasa, Yoko
Sano, Kanae
Jagot, Kévin
Boisseau, Nathalie
Kurihara, Toshiyuki
Martin, Vincent
author_sort Piponnier, Enzo
collection PubMed
description This study aimed to compare different ultrasound devices with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to quantify muscle lipid content from echo intensity (EI). Four different ultrasound devices were used to measure muscle EI and subcutaneous fat thickness in four lower-limb muscles. Intramuscular fat (IMF), intramyocellular (IMCL) and extramyocellular lipids (EMCL) were measured using MRS. Linear regression was used to compare raw and subcutaneous fat thickness-corrected EI values to IMCL, EMCL and IMF. IMCL had a poor correlation with muscle EI (r = 0.17–0.32, NS), while EMCL (r = 0.41–0.84, p < 0.05–p < 0.001) and IMF (r = 0.49–0.84, p < 0.01–p < 0.001) had moderate to strong correlation with raw EI. All relationships were improved when considering the effect of subcutaneous fat thickness on muscle EI measurements. The slopes of the relationships were similar across devices, but there were some differences in the y-intercepts when raw EI values were used. These differences disappeared when subcutaneous fat thickness-corrected EI values were considered, allowing for the creation of generic prediction equations (r = 0.41–0.68, p < 0.001). These equations can be used to quantify IMF and EMCL within lower limb muscles from corrected-EI values in non-obese subjects, regardless of the ultrasound device used.
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spelling pubmed-102559732023-06-10 Quantification of Extramyocellular Lipids and Intramuscular Fat from Muscle Echo Intensity in Lower Limb Muscles: A Comparison of Four Ultrasound Devices against Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Piponnier, Enzo Ishikawa, Masaki Kunimasa, Yoko Sano, Kanae Jagot, Kévin Boisseau, Nathalie Kurihara, Toshiyuki Martin, Vincent Sensors (Basel) Article This study aimed to compare different ultrasound devices with magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to quantify muscle lipid content from echo intensity (EI). Four different ultrasound devices were used to measure muscle EI and subcutaneous fat thickness in four lower-limb muscles. Intramuscular fat (IMF), intramyocellular (IMCL) and extramyocellular lipids (EMCL) were measured using MRS. Linear regression was used to compare raw and subcutaneous fat thickness-corrected EI values to IMCL, EMCL and IMF. IMCL had a poor correlation with muscle EI (r = 0.17–0.32, NS), while EMCL (r = 0.41–0.84, p < 0.05–p < 0.001) and IMF (r = 0.49–0.84, p < 0.01–p < 0.001) had moderate to strong correlation with raw EI. All relationships were improved when considering the effect of subcutaneous fat thickness on muscle EI measurements. The slopes of the relationships were similar across devices, but there were some differences in the y-intercepts when raw EI values were used. These differences disappeared when subcutaneous fat thickness-corrected EI values were considered, allowing for the creation of generic prediction equations (r = 0.41–0.68, p < 0.001). These equations can be used to quantify IMF and EMCL within lower limb muscles from corrected-EI values in non-obese subjects, regardless of the ultrasound device used. MDPI 2023-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC10255973/ /pubmed/37300012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23115282 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Piponnier, Enzo
Ishikawa, Masaki
Kunimasa, Yoko
Sano, Kanae
Jagot, Kévin
Boisseau, Nathalie
Kurihara, Toshiyuki
Martin, Vincent
Quantification of Extramyocellular Lipids and Intramuscular Fat from Muscle Echo Intensity in Lower Limb Muscles: A Comparison of Four Ultrasound Devices against Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
title Quantification of Extramyocellular Lipids and Intramuscular Fat from Muscle Echo Intensity in Lower Limb Muscles: A Comparison of Four Ultrasound Devices against Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
title_full Quantification of Extramyocellular Lipids and Intramuscular Fat from Muscle Echo Intensity in Lower Limb Muscles: A Comparison of Four Ultrasound Devices against Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
title_fullStr Quantification of Extramyocellular Lipids and Intramuscular Fat from Muscle Echo Intensity in Lower Limb Muscles: A Comparison of Four Ultrasound Devices against Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Quantification of Extramyocellular Lipids and Intramuscular Fat from Muscle Echo Intensity in Lower Limb Muscles: A Comparison of Four Ultrasound Devices against Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
title_short Quantification of Extramyocellular Lipids and Intramuscular Fat from Muscle Echo Intensity in Lower Limb Muscles: A Comparison of Four Ultrasound Devices against Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
title_sort quantification of extramyocellular lipids and intramuscular fat from muscle echo intensity in lower limb muscles: a comparison of four ultrasound devices against magnetic resonance spectroscopy
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10255973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37300012
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s23115282
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