Measurement of the Area and Circumference of the Leg
| Autor: | Sergio Cavalheiro, E. Q. Barreto, Antonio Fernandes Moron, Maurício Mendes Barbosa, Edward Araujo Júnior, Hérbene José Figuinha Milani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Intraclass correlation
Ultrasonography Prenatal Leg muscle Fetus Pregnancy Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging reproductive and urinary physiology Leg Radiological and Ultrasound Technology business.industry Spina bifida Muscles Ultrasound Reproducibility of Results Echogenicity Anatomy Circumference medicine.disease body regions Spina Bifida Cystica Cross-Sectional Studies embryonic structures Female business Lumbosacral joint |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 41:377-388 |
| ISSN: | 1550-9613 0278-4297 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE To standardize a new technique to evaluate the fetal leg muscle trophism by measuring the area and circumference, and comparing this technique between normal and fetuses with open lumbosacral spina bifida (SB). METHODS Observational cross-sectional study was carried out on pregnant women with 26 weeks who were divided into two groups: Group I-fetuses with diagnosis of open lumbosacral SB; Group II-normal fetuses (control). In fetuses with SB, subjective evaluation of the lower limbs was performed (muscle echogenicity and leg movements). To estimate the leg muscle trophism, the measurement of the area and circumference of the leg were standardized, and the reproducibility of this method was performed. RESULTS Thirty-one fetuses with open lumbosacral SB and 51 normal fetuses were evaluated. The measurements of the area and circumference of the leg proved to be highly reproducible (intraclass correlation coefficient-ICC > 0.95). The leg area and circumference measurements were statistically lower in the SB group than in the control group (p |
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