Size and shape of the posterior neck muscles measured by ultrasound imaging: normal values in males and females of different ages
Size and shape of the posterior neck muscles measured by ultrasound imaging: normal values in males and females of different ages
Measurements of muscle strength or size are valuable indicators of muscle status in health and disease. When force cannot be measured directly, due to a particular muscle being one of a functional group or because of pain, size measurements may be the only option. For such data to be useful, normal values for age and gender are necessary.
Procedures for scanning and measuring semispinalis capitis and the deep posterior neck muscles (semispinalis cervicis, multifidus and rotatores) using ultrasound imaging are described and normal data provided on size, shape and symmetry of these muscles from a sample of 99 healthy subjects (46 males aged 2072 years and 53 females aged 1870 years). Significant gender differences were found (P<0.001) but muscle size did not alter significantly with age. Between-side symmetry can be used to assess abnormality of the deep neck muscle group but not semispinalis capitis. A regression equation is provided for predicting the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the deep neck muscles from spinous process length in males. Clinically, linear measurements can be used to predict the neck muscle CSAs (r=0.660.84, P<0.001). The method described for assessing the neck muscles is a potentially valuable tool in clinical practice.
ultrasonography, muscle size, neck muscles
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Rankin, G.
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Stokes, M.
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Newham, D.J.
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2005
Rankin, G.
57185f9e-3c42-43e7-95b6-228810a20304
Stokes, M.
71730503-70ce-4e67-b7ea-a3e54579717f
Newham, D.J.
38c31812-6424-4807-93ce-ca598537128c
Rankin, G., Stokes, M. and Newham, D.J.
(2005)
Size and shape of the posterior neck muscles measured by ultrasound imaging: normal values in males and females of different ages.
Manual Therapy, 10 (2), .
(doi:10.1016/j.math.2004.08.004).
Abstract
Measurements of muscle strength or size are valuable indicators of muscle status in health and disease. When force cannot be measured directly, due to a particular muscle being one of a functional group or because of pain, size measurements may be the only option. For such data to be useful, normal values for age and gender are necessary.
Procedures for scanning and measuring semispinalis capitis and the deep posterior neck muscles (semispinalis cervicis, multifidus and rotatores) using ultrasound imaging are described and normal data provided on size, shape and symmetry of these muscles from a sample of 99 healthy subjects (46 males aged 2072 years and 53 females aged 1870 years). Significant gender differences were found (P<0.001) but muscle size did not alter significantly with age. Between-side symmetry can be used to assess abnormality of the deep neck muscle group but not semispinalis capitis. A regression equation is provided for predicting the cross-sectional area (CSA) of the deep neck muscles from spinous process length in males. Clinically, linear measurements can be used to predict the neck muscle CSAs (r=0.660.84, P<0.001). The method described for assessing the neck muscles is a potentially valuable tool in clinical practice.
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Published date: 2005
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ultrasonography, muscle size, neck muscles
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