@article{QIMS25378,
author = {Ye Song and Tian-Jie Zhang and Yuan Li and Yuan Gao},
title = {Application of real-time shear wave elastography in the assessment of torsional cervical dystonia},
journal = {Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery},
volume = {9},
number = {4},
year = {2019},
keywords = {},
abstract = {Background: This study aimed to investigate the value of real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) in the assessment of torsional cervical dystonia (TCD).
Methods: Ninety healthy volunteers and 30 TCD patients were recruited, and elastography was performed at musculi sternocleidomastoideus (MSD) and musculi splenius capitis (MSC). Mean shear elastic modulus of right MSD and MSC in healthy controls and bilateral MSD and MSC in TCD patients was determined. The thickness of MSD and MSC of affected muscles was measured in TCD patients.
Results: In TCD patients, the mean shear elastic modulus of affected MSD and MSC was significantly higher than that of corresponding normal muscles (P},
issn = {2223-4306}, url = {https://qims.amegroups.org/article/view/25378}
}