2016/11/27 by Alyssa N. Varanoske, David H. Fukuda, Carleigh H. Boone +3
paper · doi:10.1002/ca.22803
Muscle morphological characteristics obtained via ultrasonography have been used to quantify the size, architecture, and quality of skeletal muscle. Previous research has utilized varying ultrasonographic techniques, however there is little information comparing these different techniques. Muscle morphological characteristics, including cross‐sectional area (CSA), muscle thickness (MT), echo intensity (EI), and subcutaneous adipose tissue thickness (SubQ) were assessed in 24 males (20.2 ± 1.6 y) via three panoramic‐images captured in the transverse plane (PTI) and three still‐images captured in the longitudinal plane (SLI). Cross‐sectional area of PTI was significantly greater than CSA of SLI ( P r = 0.752, P P = 0.002), however, positive correlations existed between the two measurements ( r = 0.681, P P = 0.003), but positive correlations existed between measurements ( r = 0.809, P P r = 0.915, P