RT Journal Article
T1 Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients
A1 Mateos-Angulo, Álvaro
A1 Salazar-Agulló, José Andrés
A1 Roldán-Jiménez, Cristina
A1 Trinidad Fernández, Manuel
A1 Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio
K1 Músculos -- Potenciación
AB There is no specific designed diagnostic test for post-poliomyelitis syndrome. The most important symptoms of this syndrome are new loss of muscle strength and more fatigue. Previous studies have investigated muscle ultrasound parameters to distinguish neuromuscular disease patients from healthy controls. The aim of this study was to investigate if muscle thickness and echo intensity measured by ultrasound can discriminate post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients from healthy controls. A total of 29 post-polio patients and 27 healthy controls participated in this cross-sectional study. Anthropometric measures, muscle thickness, echo intensity using B-mode ultrasound in rectus femoris and biceps brachii muscles, and muscle strength test data were collected. Muscle thickness in rectus femoris was significantly lower in post-poliomyelitis patients than in healthy controls, but not in biceps brachii. Echo intensity in rectus femoris and biceps brachii was higher in post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients than in healthy controls. Correlations were found between muscle thickness and strength in the upper and lower limbs. The results of the present study showed that muscle thickness in rectus femoris and echo intensity in rectus femoris and biceps brachii can discriminate post-poliomyelitis syndrome patients from healthy controls. A better assessment is possible because it can observe differences and relevant parameters in this clinical population
PB IOAP-MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022-11-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25889
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/25889
LA eng
NO Mateos-Angulo Á, Salazar-Agulló JA, Roldán-Jiménez C, Trinidad-Fernández M, Cuesta-Vargas AI. Ultrasonography Assessment Based on Muscle Thickness and Echo Intensity in Post-Polio Patients. Diagnostics. 2022; 12(11):2743. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12112743
NO The study has been co-funded under the OTRI research contract nº 806/87.5076 between the Universidad de Málaga and the Asociación Malagueña de Afectados Polio y Postpolio (AMAPyP). Partial funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026