A PILOT STUDY CORRELATING NOVEL ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES TO STANDARD CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN THE TREATMENT OF ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY WITH PLATELET-RICH PLASMA THERAPY

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The term of this project was: January 2014 to February 2015

The number of subjects scanned during this project was: 20

The specific aim of this proposal is to determine whether novel elastographic imaging modalities (AE and SWI) correlate with more standard clinical outcomes.
Primary Objective: estimate US-based changes consistent with disease modification in two ways:
1) Conventional US to assess Achilles tendon thickness, neovascularity, and hypoechogenicity .
2) Estimate AE and SWI variability and the correlations of AE and SWI with conventional US measures to plan an adequately powered future study.