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Table 19 Knee: Study Characteristics

From: The accuracy of diagnostic ultrasound imaging for musculoskeletal soft tissue pathology of the extremities: a comprehensive review of the literature

Study

Target Condition

Number of studies (Systematic Review)

Subjects

Mean Age (years)

Mean time from injury to ultrasound

Ultrasound transducer frequency (MHz)

Ultrasound reviewers

Diagnostic Study

       

Bianchi et al., 1994 [104]

Tendinopathy/Tear

-

29

41

N/S

7.5

RAD

Garrick et al., 2008 [107]

Tendinopathy/Tear

-

63

N/S

N/S

10 to 14

RAD

Sekiya et al., 2010 [114]

Tendinopathy/Tear; Ligament Injury

-

16

N/S

N/S

10 to 14

RAD

Warden et al., 2007 [120]

Tendinopathy/Tear

-

30

27

N/S

10 to 14

RAD

Ward et al., 2001 [119]

Baker’s Cyst

-

36

46

78 days

7.0 to 10

RAD

Derks et al., 1986 [105]

Plica syndrome

-

38

N/S

N/S

7.5

RAD

Paczesny et al., 2009 [110]

Plica Syndrome

-

88

20

6 months

12

Non-RAD

Fuchs et al., 2002 [106]

Ligament Injury

-

193

N/S

N/S

10 to 14

RAD

Khan et al., 2006 [108]

Ligament Injury; Meniscal Tear

-

60

35

N/S

7.5

RAD

Ptasznik et al., 1995 [112]

Ligament Injury

-

37

27

3.3 weeks

7.5

RAD

Skovgaard et al., 2000 [116]

Ligament Injury

-

62

29.2

9 days

7.0

RAD

Alizadeh et al., 2013 [102]

Meniscal Tear

-

37

43.5

N/S

14

RAD

Azzoni et al., 2002 [103]

Meniscal Tear

-

216

27.5

N/S

7.5 to 10

RAD

Najafi et al., 2006 [109]

Meniscal Tear

-

100

N/S

N/S

6.5

RAD

Park et al., 2008 [79]

Meniscal Tear

-

22

50.4

N/S

7.5 to 15

RAD

Shetty et al., 2008 [115]

Meniscal Tear

-

35

47

N/S

5.0 to 13

RAD

Wareluk et al., 2012 [121]

Meniscal Tear

-

80

36.2

<1 month

6.0 to 12

Non-RAD

Rutten et al., 1998 [113]

Meniscal cyst/Meniscal Tear

-

50

51

N/S

7.5

N/S

Sorrentino et al., 2007 [117]

Meniscal cyst

-

104

43

N/S

7 to 12

RAD

Visser et al., 2013 [118]

Nerve Injury

-

103

53

5 weeks

7 to 18

N/S

-

Bursitis

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ganglion

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ITB friction

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

HFPS

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Retinacula

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. N/S not stated; RAD Radiologist; ITB iliotibial band; HFPS Hoffer’s fat pad syndrome