A clinically applicable tool for rapidly estimating muscle volume using ultrasound images

Rothwell, Daniel T; Fong, Daniel Tik-Pui; Stapley, S A; Williams, David J.

doi:10.1007/s00421-019-04242-2

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“…[36][37][38][39][40] Panoramic ultrasound is a reliable and valid tool, comparable to MRI, to quantify change in muscle structure and mass in adults. [41][42][43] Although not yet validated in children, panoramic ultrasound may be a cost efficient, bedside capable, less invasive alternative to MR and CT techniques in children with cancer.…”

Section: Massmentioning

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Skeletal muscle and childhood cancer: Where are we now and where we go from here

2021

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Skeletal muscle (muscle) is essential for physical health and for metabolic integrity, with sarcopenia (progressive muscle mass loss and weakness), a precursor of aging and chronic disease. Loss of lean mass and muscle quality (force generation per unit of muscle) in the general population are associated with fatigue, weakness, and slowed walking speed, eventually interfering with the ability to maintain physical independence, and impacting participation in social roles and quality of life. Muscle mass and strength impairments are also documented during childhood cancer treatment, which often persist into adult survivorship, and contribute to an aging phenotype in this vulnerable population.Although several treatment exposures appear to confer increased risk for loss of mass and strength that persists after therapy, the pathophysiology responsible for poor muscle quantity and quality is not well understood in the childhood cancer survivor population. This is partly due to limited access to both pediatric and adult survivor muscle tissue samples, and to difficulties surrounding noninvasive investigative approaches for muscle assessment. Because muscle accounts for just under half of the body's mass and is essential for movement, metabolism, and metabolic health, understanding mechanisms of injury responsible for both initial and persistent dysfunction is important and will provide a foundation for intervention. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the available evidence describing associations between childhood cancer, its treatment, and muscle outcomes, identifying gaps in current knowledge. K E Y W O R D Schildhood cancer, muscle fitness, muscle health, muscle mass, muscle outcomes, muscle quality, skeletal muscle INTRODUCTIONIncreased survival rates for childhood cancer are a direct reflection of major therapeutic and diagnostic advancesThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Skeletal muscle and childhood cancer: Where are we now and where we go from here

2021

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“…With regard to sports medical screenings, assessments can be static or dynamic. Static measurements without movement of the targeted structure, inter alia, include the quantification of muscle thickness [ 1 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ] or the search for tissue damage following injury [ 3 , 9 , 10 , 11 ]. Dynamic measurements require motion of the studied object.…”

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Use of Reflective Tape to Detect Ultrasound Transducer Movement: A Validation Study

Mohr

Vogt

Wilke

2021

Life

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During dynamic ultrasound assessments, unintended transducer movement over the skin needs to be prevented as it may bias the results. The present study investigated the validity of two methods quantifying transducer motion. An ultrasound transducer was moved on a pre-specified 3 cm distance over the semitendinosus muscle of eleven adults (35.8 ± 9.8 years), stopping briefly at intervals of 0.5 cm. Transducer motion was quantified (1) measuring the 2-D displacement of the shadow produced by reflective tape (RT) attached to the skin and (2) using a marker-based, three-dimensional movement analysis system (MAS). Differences between methods were detected with Wilcoxon tests; associations were checked by means of intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC 3.1) and Bland–Altman plots. Values for RT (r = 0.57, p < 0.001) and MAS (r = 0.19, p = 0.002) were significantly higher than true distances (TD). Strong correlations were found between RT and TD (ICC: 0.98, p < 0.001), MAS and TD (ICC: 0.95, p < 0.001), and MAS and RT (ICC: 0.97, p < 0.001). Bland–Altman plots showed narrow limits of agreement for both RT (−0.49 to 0.13 cm) and MAS (−0.49 to 0.34 cm) versus TD. RT and MAS are valid methods to quantify US transducer movement. In view of its low costs and complexity, RT can particularly be recommended for application in research and clinical practice.

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Thigh muscles are more susceptible to age-related muscle loss when compared to lower leg and pelvic muscles

Fuchs¹,

Kuipers²,

Rombouts³

et al. 2023

Experimental Gerontology

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A clinically applicable tool for rapidly estimating muscle volume using ultrasound images

Cited by 5 publications

References 40 publications

Skeletal muscle and childhood cancer: Where are we now and where we go from here

Skeletal muscle and childhood cancer: Where are we now and where we go from here

Use of Reflective Tape to Detect Ultrasound Transducer Movement: A Validation Study

Thigh muscles are more susceptible to age-related muscle loss when compared to lower leg and pelvic muscles

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