Ultrasonographic measurement of the femoral cartilage thickness in hemiparetic patients after stroke

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dc.contributor.authorTunç H.
dc.contributor.authorÖken Ö.
dc.contributor.authorKara M.
dc.contributor.authorTiftik T.
dc.contributor.authorDoǧu B.
dc.contributor.authorÜnlü Z.
dc.contributor.authorÖzçakar L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:19:23Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:19:23Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe aim of the study was to evaluate the femoral cartilage thicknesses of hemiparetic patients after stroke using musculoskeletal ultrasonography and to determine whether there is any correlation between cartilage thicknesses and the clinical characteristics of the patients. Femoral cartilage thicknesses of both knees were measured in 87 (33 women, 54 men) hemiparetic patients. The mean age of the patients was 61.8 years (SD 11.1 years, range 32-87 years) and the mean duration of stroke was 12.3 months (SD 10.5 months, range 1-36 months). The outcome was measured in terms of motor recovery (Brunnstrom stages), spasticity (Modified Ashworth Scale), walking ability (Functional Ambulation Categories), and motor functioning (Functional Independence Measurement instrument). Ultrasonographic measurements were made axially from the suprapatellar window using linear probes while the patients' knees were held in maximum flexion. Three (midpoint) measurements were taken from both knees [lateral condyle (LFC), intercondylar area, and medial condyle (MFC)]. The mean cartilage thicknesses were found to be less on the paretic side (statistically significant only for LFC) when compared with the nonparetic side. Cartilage thickness values were found to be negatively correlated with the duration of immobilization (with paretic side LFC) and BMI (with both sides' MFC) and positively correlated with the Functional Independence Measurement motor score (with paretic side LFC) and the Functional Ambulation Categories scores (with both sides' LFC and MFC). Femoral cartilage is thinner on the paretic side in stroke patients. As the thickness values correlate with the duration of the disease and the ambulatory status of the patients, we suggest that early mobilization would be important in maintaining their cartilage integrity. © 2012 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1097/MRR.0b013e3283532736
dc.identifier.issn03425282
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/17660
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectAged, 80 and over
dc.subjectBiomechanics
dc.subjectCartilage, Articular
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectFemur
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectKnee Joint
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectParesis
dc.subjectStroke
dc.subjectPhysiological models
dc.subjectUltrasonography
dc.subjectCartilage thickness
dc.subjectClinical characteristics
dc.subjectFemoral cartilage
dc.subjectknee
dc.subjectLinear probe
dc.subjectMean ages
dc.subjectMeasurement instruments
dc.subjectMotor recovery
dc.subjectSpasticity
dc.subjectstroke
dc.subjectStroke patients
dc.subjectthickness
dc.subjectThickness value
dc.subjectWalking ability
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectaged
dc.subjectarticle
dc.subjectarticular cartilage
dc.subjectbiomechanics
dc.subjectcerebrovascular accident
dc.subjectclinical trial
dc.subjectcross-sectional study
dc.subjectechography
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjectfemur
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectknee
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectmiddle aged
dc.subjectmulticenter study
dc.subjectparesis
dc.subjectCartilage
dc.titleUltrasonographic measurement of the femoral cartilage thickness in hemiparetic patients after stroke
dc.typeArticle

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