Reliability of panoramic ultrasound imaging in simultaneously examining muscle size and quality of the hamstring muscles in young, healthy males and females.

摘要: The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability ultrasound (US) measures cross-sectional area (CSA), muscle thickness (MT) and echo intensity (EI) hamstrings, with comparisons between males females. In 20 healthy participants (10 males, 10 females), CSA, MT EI were measured from panoramic US scans hamstrings on 2 separate days. intra-class correlation coefficients standard errors measurement as a percentage mean for ranged 0.715 0.984 3.145 12.541% in 0.724 0.977 4.571 17.890% females, respectively. had greater CSAs MTs lower EIs than females (p = 0.002-0.049), significant relationships observed CSA (r 0.714-0.938, p ≤ 0.001-0.023). From an overall standpoint, these findings suggest that may be reliable technique examining size quality both