Assessment and characterization of in situ rotator cuff biomechanics

Erika A. Trent; Lane Bailey; Fuad N. Mefleh; Vipul Pai Raikar; Ellen Shanley; Charles A. Thigpen; Delphine Dean; David M. Kwartowitz

doi:10.1117/12.2007437

29 March 2013 Assessment and characterization of in situ rotator cuff biomechanics

Erika A. Trent, Lane Bailey, Fuad N. Mefleh, Vipul Pai Raikar, Ellen Shanley, Charles A. Thigpen, Delphine Dean, David M. Kwartowitz

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Proceedings Volume 8672, Medical Imaging 2013: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging; 86721M (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2007437
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2013, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando Area), Florida, United States

Abstract

Rotator cuff disease is a degenerative disorder that is a common, costly, and often debilitating, ranging in severity from partial thickness tear, which may cause pain, to total rupture, leading to loss in function. Currently, clinical diagnosis and determination of disease extent relies primarily on subjective assessment of pain, range of motion, and possibly X-ray or ultrasound images. The final treatment plan however is at the discretion of the clinician, who often bases their decision on personal experiences, and not quantitative standards. The use of ultrasound for the assessment of tissue biomechanics is established, such as in ultrasound elastography, where soft tissue biomechanics are measured. Few studies have investigated the use of ultrasound elastography in the characterization of musculoskeletal biomechanics. To assess tissue biomechanics we have developed a device, which measures the force applied to the underlying musculotendentious tissue while simultaneously obtaining the related ultrasound images. In this work, the musculotendinous region of the infraspinatus of twenty asymptomatic male organized baseball players was examined to access the variability in tissue properties within a single patient and across a normal population. Elastic moduli at percent strains less than 15 were significantly different than those above 15 percent strain within the normal population. No significant difference in tissue properties was demonstrated within a single patient. This analysis demonstrated elastic moduli are variable across individuals and incidence. Therefore threshold elastic moduli will likely be a function of variation in local-tissue moduli as opposed to a specific global value.

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Erika A. Trent, Lane Bailey, Fuad N. Mefleh, Vipul Pai Raikar, Ellen Shanley, Charles A. Thigpen, Delphine Dean, and David M. Kwartowitz "Assessment and characterization of in situ rotator cuff biomechanics", Proc. SPIE 8672, Medical Imaging 2013: Biomedical Applications in Molecular, Structural, and Functional Imaging, 86721M (29 March 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2007437

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Tissues

Ultrasonography

Elastography

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Magnetic resonance imaging

Image compression

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