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Methods Dead-EndMedicine

Reproducibility of a Shear Wave Elastography Procedure for Assessing the Piriformis Muscle Stiffness in a Sample of Healthy Young Adults Under Controlled Laboratory Conditions: An Intra- and Inter-Examiner Reliability Study.

Varol U, Kobylarz MD, López-Redondo M et al. · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine

Background/Objectives : Shear wave elastography (SWE) may provide an objective method for quantifying piriformis muscle stiffness, but its clinical and research use requires evidence that the measurement procedure is reliable. This study…

View details →DOI: 10.3390/jcm15124548