August 5, 2025DiagnosticsOpen Access

Diagnostic Accuracy of Shear Wave Elastography Versus Ultrasound in Plantar Fasciitis Among Patients with and Without Ankylosing Spondylitis

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MDMahyar DaskarehUniversity of Pennsylvania MDMahsa Mehdipour DalivandGuilan University of Medical Sciences SESaeid EsmaeilianNamazi Hospital

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Cross-sectional study shows shear wave elastography improves diagnostic accuracy for plantar fasciitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, suggesting enhanced detection methods.

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SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY (SWE) provides superior diagnostic accuracy for plantar fasciitis compared to ultrasound in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
The area under the ROC curve for SWE in AS was 0.845, compared to 0.785 for ultrasound, highlighting enhanced performance.
Ninety-six participants were assessed, stratified by ankylosing spondylitis status and clinical plantar fasciitis presence.
Both SWE and ultrasound demonstrated good to excellent interobserver agreement, indicating reliable diagnostic methods.

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Daskareh et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689521e99f4f1c896c42845e https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15151967

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Cross-sectional study shows shear wave elastography improves diagnostic accuracy for plantar fasciitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, suggesting enhanced detection methods.

Diagnostic Accuracy of Shear Wave Elastography Versus Ultrasound in Plantar Fasciitis Among Patients with and Without Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Diagnostic Accuracy of Shear Wave Elastography Versus Ultrasound in Plantar Fasciitis Among Patients with and Without Ankylosing Spondylitis

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