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Reliability of a New Indentometer Device for Measuring Myofascial Tissue Stiffness
Changes in tissue stiffness are associated with pathological conditions such as myofascial pain and increased risk of muscle injury. Furthermore, they have been shown to modify performance indicators such as running economy or jump height. Indentometry is an affordable way to assess tissue stiffness...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9457058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36079124 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11175194 |
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author | Koch, Virginija Wilke, Jan |
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description | Changes in tissue stiffness are associated with pathological conditions such as myofascial pain and increased risk of muscle injury. Furthermore, they have been shown to modify performance indicators such as running economy or jump height. Indentometry is an affordable way to assess tissue stiffness. However, to date, there is a paucity of studies examining the measurement properties of available devices. With this trial, we aimed to evaluate the reliability of the “IndentoPro”. Two investigators repeatedly measured the stiffness of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle in healthy participants (N = 35), using 5 and 10 mm indentation depths. Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) revealed moderate inter-rater reliability (5 mm: ICC(3,1) 0.74, 95%CI = 0.54 to 0.86, p < 0.001; 10 mm: ICC(3,1) 0.59, 95%CI = 0.27 to 0.78, p < 0.001) and good intra-rater reliability (5 mm: ICC(3,1) 0.84, 95%CI = 0.71 to 0.92, p < 0.001; 10 mm: ICC(3,1) 0.83, 95%CI = 0.69 to 0.91, p < 0.001). No correlations between age, height, weight, BMI, skinfold thickness and myofascial tissue stiffness were observed (p > 0.5). In conclusion, the IndentoPro is reliable in assessing calf tissue stiffness, but the predictors of stiffness remain unclear. |
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spelling | pubmed-94570582022-09-09 Reliability of a New Indentometer Device for Measuring Myofascial Tissue Stiffness Koch, Virginija Wilke, Jan J Clin Med Article Changes in tissue stiffness are associated with pathological conditions such as myofascial pain and increased risk of muscle injury. Furthermore, they have been shown to modify performance indicators such as running economy or jump height. Indentometry is an affordable way to assess tissue stiffness. However, to date, there is a paucity of studies examining the measurement properties of available devices. With this trial, we aimed to evaluate the reliability of the “IndentoPro”. Two investigators repeatedly measured the stiffness of the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle in healthy participants (N = 35), using 5 and 10 mm indentation depths. Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) revealed moderate inter-rater reliability (5 mm: ICC(3,1) 0.74, 95%CI = 0.54 to 0.86, p < 0.001; 10 mm: ICC(3,1) 0.59, 95%CI = 0.27 to 0.78, p < 0.001) and good intra-rater reliability (5 mm: ICC(3,1) 0.84, 95%CI = 0.71 to 0.92, p < 0.001; 10 mm: ICC(3,1) 0.83, 95%CI = 0.69 to 0.91, p < 0.001). No correlations between age, height, weight, BMI, skinfold thickness and myofascial tissue stiffness were observed (p > 0.5). In conclusion, the IndentoPro is reliable in assessing calf tissue stiffness, but the predictors of stiffness remain unclear. MDPI 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9457058/ /pubmed/36079124 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11175194 Text en © 2022 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Koch, Virginija Wilke, Jan Reliability of a New Indentometer Device for Measuring Myofascial Tissue Stiffness |
title | Reliability of a New Indentometer Device for Measuring Myofascial Tissue Stiffness |
title_full | Reliability of a New Indentometer Device for Measuring Myofascial Tissue Stiffness |
title_fullStr | Reliability of a New Indentometer Device for Measuring Myofascial Tissue Stiffness |
title_full_unstemmed | Reliability of a New Indentometer Device for Measuring Myofascial Tissue Stiffness |
title_short | Reliability of a New Indentometer Device for Measuring Myofascial Tissue Stiffness |
title_sort | reliability of a new indentometer device for measuring myofascial tissue stiffness |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9457058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36079124 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm11175194 |
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