Şule Şahin Onat, Ayşe Merve Ata, Simão Serrano, Shaw-Gang Shyu, João Constantino, Süha Yalçın, Cengiz Açıkel, Murat Kara, Levent Özçakar
BACKGROUND: Assessment of the joint cartilage using ultrasound (US) imaging is important. OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to investigate the reliabilities of ultrasonographic measurements for talus dome (TCT) and metacarpal cartilage thicknesses (MCT). METHODS: Twenty healthy volunteers were recruited in the study. Every day, five physiatrists measured eight joint cartilage thicknesses. They repeated all the measurements in five consecutive days. RESULTS: Intra-observer intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) values were "excellent" for all MCTs, except for the 3rd left MCT on the 1st day, 4th left MCT on the 1st day and 4th right MCT on the 3rd day which were "good"...
November 17, 2017: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation