Shear wave elastography in assessing Tendinopathy in an Indian population

Recruiting

Conditions: Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, (2) ICD-10 Condition: M679||Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon,

Brief Summary: AIMS

To evaluate supraspinatus (SSP) muscle and tendon, tendoachilles and common extensor tendon of elbow using shear wave elastography (SWE), define shear-wave velocity (SWV) and stiffness values for normal tendon and tendinopathy.

OBJECTIVES

1. To measure stiffness and SWV values using SWE in people with normal supraspinatus muscle and tendon, tendoachilles tendon and common extensor tendon of elbow.

2. To measure stiffness and SWV values using SWE in people with abnormal supraspinatus muscle and tendon, tendoachilles tendon and common extensor tendon of elbow.

JUSTIFICATION OF STUDY : Rotator cuff abnormalities are quite common in our population and like many musculoskeletal diseases, the abnormalities shown by complementary test and imaging and conventional US does not always correlate with symptoms. SWE is relatively a new technology that gives objective data of the tissue of Tendons. This helps in good assessment of the tissue quality of tendon for preoperative evaluation and treatment planning. As there is still lack of standardization for accurately evaluating the results, multiple studies need to be done in larger population. So we would like to conduct this study on our Indian Population and aid in standardization by measuring SWV and stiffness values of Supraspinatus Tendon, Tendoachilles and common extensor tendon of elbow for both normal as well as tendinopathic tendon.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

People with complaint of shoulder pain, suspected tendoachilles abnormality or tenderness of lateral epicondyle.
CONTROLS :- 1.
Normal side of the patient with shoulder pain, suspected tendoachilles abnormality or tenderness of lateral epicondyle 2.
If both sides involved, people coming for ultrasound other than shoulder, heel or elbow but with no history of shoulder pain, pain at the back of heel or tenderness of lateral epicondyle.
Normal appearance of Tendon on conventional US.
Written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

People with history of fracture, surgery or any known case of other systemic musculoskeletal disorder.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate supraspinatus (SSP) muscle and tendon, tendoachilles and common extensor tendon of elbow using shear wave elastography, define shear-wave velocity (SWV) and stiffness values for tendinopathy.	1 year 6 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate supraspinatus (SSP) muscle and tendon, tendoachilles and common extensor tendon of elbow using shear wave elastography, define shear-wave velocity (SWV) and stiffness values for normal tendon.	1 year 6 month

Locations (1): Kasturba Hospital
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Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Kasturba Hospital
🇮🇳Udupi, KARNATAKA, India
Dr Anant Batra
Principal investigator
9582817779
batra.anant@gmail.com