Document Type : Review Article
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PhD Candidate of Corrective Exercise and Sports Injury, Alborz Campus , ,University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Health and sports medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Professor, Department of Sport Injury and Corrective Exercise, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Background and Aims: Ultrasound can be a suitable tool for measuring the muscle thickness of people with scoliosis. In the present study, the reliability and validity of ultrasound for measuring the muscle thickness of people with idiopathic scoliosis have been investigated.
Materials and Methods: The method of this study was a systematic review. Based on this, a search was conducted in scientific databases SID, Science Direct, Medline, Scopus, ISI and PubMed, on articles with keywords " Reliability and Validity of Ultrasonography + Validity of Ultrasonography + Reliability of Ultrasonography + Adolescence Idiopathic Scoliosis + Cross- section Muscles+ Muscles" that examined the reliability and validity of ultrasound for measuring muscle thickness in people with idiopathic scoliosis. Finally, the articles were entered into endnote. In the selected studies, the intraclass correlation coefficient of reliability and validity of ultrasound for measuring the thickness of all muscles of people with idiopathic scoliosis was investigated.
Results: In this study, 17 articles including 792 samples were examined. The methodological quality of the studied articles was confirmed with the modified criterion taken from Downs and Black (1989). As the findings show; Accepted criteria/level of reliability and validity and corresponding ICC threshold values could be found in most studies but were somewhat heterogeneous. Confidence intervals (typically 95% CI) are reported along with the ICC throughout the study.
Conclusion: According to the obtained results; Ultrasound is very valid and reliable imaging to evaluate the thickness of the muscles of people with idiopathic scoliosis.
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