Feasibility of neurite oriented diffusion and density imaging in thigh skeletal muscle of volunteers with knee pain: relationship with proton density fat fraction: a cross-sectional study | Synapse
Feasibility of neurite oriented diffusion and density imaging in thigh skeletal muscle of volunteers with knee pain: relationship with proton density fat fraction: a cross-sectional study
This research aims to evaluate the microstructural differences in thigh skeletal muscle of volunteers with knee pain compared to asymptomatic individuals.
Used neurite oriented diffusion and density imaging techniques.
Examined thigh skeletal muscle microstructure in volunteers with and without knee pain.
Analyzed the relationship between muscle microstructure and proton density fat fraction.
Detected significant microstructural differences in the thigh muscle of volunteers with knee pain.
Found a strong relationship between muscle microstructure and intramuscular fat infiltration.
Abstract
Microstructure differences in thigh skeletal myofibrils were detected in volunteers with knee pain compared to asymptomatic volunteers, and were more closely related to intramuscular fat infiltration.