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In recent years, elastosonography (ES) has become an important application in the study of the musculotendinous apparatus [1–4]; in fact, this method permits both a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the elasticity properties of soft tissues and its alteration in traumatic lesions and degenerative pathology. In the field of rheumatology, in particular, it adds a complementary diagnostic element to the standard imaging studies represented by ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). ES can therefore be considered a tool which provides additional and important information regarding certain functional characteristics of musculotendinous tissues.
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Cammarota, T., De Marchi, A., Pozza, S. (2017). Musculoskeletal. In: Clevert, DA., D'Onofrio, M., Quaia, E. (eds) Atlas of Elastosonography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44201-3_6
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