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| Title |
An Investigation of the Asymptomatic Limb in Unilateral Lateral Epicondylalgia
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| Published in |
Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.1249/mss.0000000000000681 |
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| Authors |
LUKE J. HEALES, PAUL W. HODGES, BILL VICENZINO |
| Abstract |
Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) imaging is used to investigate features of tendinosis. Recent studies have reported tendon pathology in not only the symptomatic tendon but also the contralateral asymptomatic tendon of animals and humans with unilateral Achilles tendinopathy. This study assessed the symptomatic and contralateral asymptomatic tendon in unilateral lateral epicondylalgia (LE) for features of tendinosis and compared with a pain-free control. Twenty-nine participants with clinically diagnosed unilateral LE and 32 pain-free controls (matched for age, sex, and arm dominance) underwent a blinded bilateral musculoskeletal ultrasound examination of the common extensor tendon, using a standardised protocol. Greyscale features, including tendon thickening, hypoechoic region, fibrillar disruption and calcification, as well as neovascularity were scored using separate ordinal scales. Tendon thickness and hypoechoic volume were also measured. The contralateral asymptomatic tendon did not differ from the tendons of the pain-free controls. The symptomatic tendon of LE participants revealed a significantly greater score for; tendon thickening (Mean difference: 0.76 [95% CI 0.22 to 1.30]), hypoechoic changes (0.58 [0.05 to 1.11]), fibrillar disruption (0.97 [0.52 to 1.42]), and neovascularity (1.53 [0.9 to 2.2]) than controls. Hypoechoic volume was greater in the symptomatic arm (33.0 mm [8.4 to 57.6]), than controls. Unlike Achilles tendinopathy, musculoskeletal ultrasound examination did not reveal features of tendinosis in the contralateral asymptomatic limb beyond those present in tendons of pain-free controls. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |
| Brazil | 1 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 4 | 44% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 56% |
| Scientists | 3 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 11% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
| Researcher | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 10 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 27% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 20% |
| Sports and Recreations | 8 | 18% |
| Psychology | 1 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 12 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 April 2015.
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#5,157,544
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#3,109
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#64,695
of 294,812 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Medicine and Science in Sports & Exercise
#55
of 82 outputs
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