Inter- and intratester reliability values of ultrasound imaging measurements of diaphragm movement in the thoracic and thoracolumbar curves in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Abstract

These findings suggest that ultrasound imaging is highly reliable between and within testers and is useful to precisely discriminate pathological diaphragm movement in idiopathic thoracic scoliosis and idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis.

Intra-Rater Reliability, Standard Error of Measurement, and Minimal Detectable Change of Smartphone-Based Thoracic Kyphotic Curve in Children with Cerebral Palsy

“…The angle of thoracic kyphotic curve measured by smartphone application in the sitting position showed 42.45±6.05° in children with CP and 31.05°±4.64° in TD children. These results are consistent with Barrett et al (13) who measured an approximately 33.30° thoracic kyphotic curve by inclinometer in thirty healthy adults. Additionally, further previous studies suggest that normal thoracic kyphotic curves range from 20° to 50°.…”

“…However, given that children with CP are often accompanied by cognition problem, there is a need for a simple tool to measure postural control (11). Measurement of spinal curvature with an inclinometer in the sagittal plane is simple and has excellent reliability in participants without CP (12,13). Additionally, previous studies report that excessive thoracic kyphosis (14) and lumbar lordosis (15) can result in musculoskeletal pain, breathing difficulties, and digestive problems (16).…”

Comparison Between M‐Mode Ultrasonography and Fluoroscopy for Diaphragm Excursion Measurement in Patients With Acquired Brain Injury

“…It can measure DE in patients with acquired brain injury at the bedside without radiation exposure. Several previous studies have demonstrated that M‐mode US is a feasible method for DE measurement with good interobserver and intraobserver reproducibility . In our study, fluoroscopy and US showed a close relationship for DE assessment in patients with acquired brain injury; thus, US can be a good alternative option.…”

Use of thoracic ultrasound by physiotherapists: a scoping review of the literature

“…Following study selection 26 papers were included in this scoping review (Table 1): five randomised controlled trials (RCTs) [13][14][15][16][17], nine cross-sectional studies [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26], two case series [27][28], four case reports [29][30][31][32], five conference abstracts [33][34][35][36][37], one audit [38] ( Table 1). Five papers were in conference abstract form only [33][34][35][36][37] without a corresponding full published paper therefore only minimal methodological information could be gathered.…”

“…Of the twenty-six papers nine were performed on healthy subjects [17,20,22,23,25,28,[33][34][35] which accounted for 220 of the total 849 study participants (26%). Pathologies or conditions investigated included; post-operative upper abdominal surgery [15,26], chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) [13,14,24,29,30], critical care patients [19,32,36,37], post cerebral vascular accident (CVA) [21], spinal cord injury (SCI) [27,31], morbidly obese [16], adolescents with scoliosis [18] and healthy infants [35] (Table 1).…”