Reliability of Ultrasound Tissue Characterization for Quantifing Integrity of Achilles Tendon and Patellar Tendon in People without Tendinopathy
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.10.009
- VernacularTitle:组织特征超声成像技术量化健康跟腱和髌韧带组织的信度研究
- Author:
Ping LUO
1
;
sheng Hong LIN
;
hui Jian FANG
;
Wen ZHANG
;
chen Chao CAI
Author Information
1. 广东体育职业技术学院体育保健系
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ultrasound tissue characterization;
achilles tendon;
patellar tendon;
reliability
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2017;23(10):1166-1170
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the reliability of ultrasound tissue characterization (UTC) for quantifing the integrity of achilles ten-don and patellar tendon in subjects without tendinopathy. Methods From August, 2016 to April, 2017, testers A and B quantified integrity of achilles tendon and patellar tendon of dominant legs from 43 subjects without tendinopathy by UTC in random order respectively. Tester B quantified integrity of patellar tendon of dominant legs from other 22 subjects without tendinopathy by the same way, and repeated the mea-surements the next day. Interclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and the minimum detectable different (MDD) were calculated. Results The ICC of inter-rater reliability of achilles tendon assessment was 0.492 to 0.735, MDD was 0.3%to 3.0%. The ICC of inter-rater reliability of patellar tendon assessment was 0.383 to 0.678, MDD was 0.3%to 4.4%. The ICC of intra-rater reliability of patellar tendon assessment was 0.525~0.760, MDD was 0.6%to 5.3%. Conclusion The test-retest reliability of UTC for the quantification of integrity structure of achilles tendon and patellar tendon is satisfactory with little error, the inter-rater reliability need to be improved. which is a accurate and feasible tool to quantify tendon by the same tester.
