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Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients

Quantitative ultrasound imaging of the muscle tissue may be applied in the neurology field, due to B-mode grayscale pixels values could be used as potential biomarkers for disease progression and intervention effects in poststroke patients. Thus, the study aim was to compare and analyze the ultrasou...

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Autores principales: Calvo-Lobo, Cesar, Useros-Olmo, Ana Isabel, Almazán-Polo, Jaime, Martín-Sevilla, Miriam, Romero-Morales, Carlos, Sanz-Corbalán, Irene, Rodríguez-Sanz, David, López-López, Daniel
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6265729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30423860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112519
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author Calvo-Lobo, Cesar
Useros-Olmo, Ana Isabel
Almazán-Polo, Jaime
Martín-Sevilla, Miriam
Romero-Morales, Carlos
Sanz-Corbalán, Irene
Rodríguez-Sanz, David
López-López, Daniel
author_facet Calvo-Lobo, Cesar
Useros-Olmo, Ana Isabel
Almazán-Polo, Jaime
Martín-Sevilla, Miriam
Romero-Morales, Carlos
Sanz-Corbalán, Irene
Rodríguez-Sanz, David
López-López, Daniel
author_sort Calvo-Lobo, Cesar
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description Quantitative ultrasound imaging of the muscle tissue may be applied in the neurology field, due to B-mode grayscale pixels values could be used as potential biomarkers for disease progression and intervention effects in poststroke patients. Thus, the study aim was to compare and analyze the ultrasound imaging B-mode pixels differences between the intrinsic plantar muscles cross-sectional area (CSA) in hemiparetic and contralateral feet from poststroke patients by means of the Image J software. A case-control design and a convenience sampling method were used in order to recruit 22 feet from 11 poststroke patients. This total sample was divided into 11 hemiparetic feet and 11 contralateral feet. The Image J software was used in order to evaluate the interface distance, CSA as well as measure the pixels mean, standard deviation (SD) and count from all offline images in the flexor digitorum brevis, abductor hallucis (AbH), and flexor hallucis brevis muscles. Statistically significant differences (p = 0.003) were only shown for the pixels count in the AbH muscle. The rest of outcome measurements did not show any statistically significant difference (p > 0.05). Therefore, B-mode ultrasound imaging Image J software differences for the pixels count reduction were shown in the AbH muscle between hemiparetic and contralateral feet from poststroke patients. Further studies are necessary in order to apply our findings as potential biomarkers during the stroke disease course.
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spelling pubmed-62657292018-12-15 Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients Calvo-Lobo, Cesar Useros-Olmo, Ana Isabel Almazán-Polo, Jaime Martín-Sevilla, Miriam Romero-Morales, Carlos Sanz-Corbalán, Irene Rodríguez-Sanz, David López-López, Daniel Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Quantitative ultrasound imaging of the muscle tissue may be applied in the neurology field, due to B-mode grayscale pixels values could be used as potential biomarkers for disease progression and intervention effects in poststroke patients. Thus, the study aim was to compare and analyze the ultrasound imaging B-mode pixels differences between the intrinsic plantar muscles cross-sectional area (CSA) in hemiparetic and contralateral feet from poststroke patients by means of the Image J software. A case-control design and a convenience sampling method were used in order to recruit 22 feet from 11 poststroke patients. This total sample was divided into 11 hemiparetic feet and 11 contralateral feet. The Image J software was used in order to evaluate the interface distance, CSA as well as measure the pixels mean, standard deviation (SD) and count from all offline images in the flexor digitorum brevis, abductor hallucis (AbH), and flexor hallucis brevis muscles. Statistically significant differences (p = 0.003) were only shown for the pixels count in the AbH muscle. The rest of outcome measurements did not show any statistically significant difference (p > 0.05). Therefore, B-mode ultrasound imaging Image J software differences for the pixels count reduction were shown in the AbH muscle between hemiparetic and contralateral feet from poststroke patients. Further studies are necessary in order to apply our findings as potential biomarkers during the stroke disease course. MDPI 2018-11-11 2018-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6265729/ /pubmed/30423860 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112519 Text en © 2018 by the authors. 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 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Calvo-Lobo, Cesar
Useros-Olmo, Ana Isabel
Almazán-Polo, Jaime
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Sanz-Corbalán, Irene
Rodríguez-Sanz, David
López-López, Daniel
Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients
title Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients
title_full Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients
title_fullStr Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients
title_full_unstemmed Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients
title_short Quantitative Ultrasound Imaging Pixel Analysis of the Intrinsic Plantar Muscle Tissue between Hemiparesis and Contralateral Feet in Post-Stroke Patients
title_sort quantitative ultrasound imaging pixel analysis of the intrinsic plantar muscle tissue between hemiparesis and contralateral feet in post-stroke patients
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6265729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30423860
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112519
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