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Table 2 Case-by-case analysis of shear wave speed (SWS) in the IBM and NAM groups with corresponding age and muscle weakness

From: Muscle shear wave elastography, conventional B mode and power doppler ultrasonography in healthy adults and patients with autoimmune inflammatory myopathies: a pilot cross-sectional study

Study

Subtype

Age

SWSD

Rest-m/s

SWSD

Stretch-m/s

SWSVL

Rest-m/s

SWSVL

Stretch-m/s

MMTD

/10

MMT

quads/10

NAM

69

1.75

2.04

1.95

2.04

9

10

NAM

71

1.75

1.79

1.89

2.87

9

8

NAM

52

1.77

2.03

1.68

1.70

6

7

NAM

56

2.67

2.29

1.67

1.81

10

8

NAM

70

2.17

2.12

1.55

2.28

7

8

IBM

76

1.78

4.05

1.83

4.19

7

5

IBM

77

2.56

2.10

1.50

1.77

10

9

IBM

68

1.61

2.51

1.41

3.43

10

7

IBM

61

1.81

2.25

1.71

2.30

5

9

IBM

70

1.66

2.59

2.16

1.30

10

7

HC

Mean+/-SD

61.00, 7.47

2.14+/-0.43

2.40+/-0.36

1.74+/-0.24

1.93+/-0.20

10

10

  1. D deltoid, VL vastus lateralis, quads quadriceps femoris, SWS shear wave speed, m/s metres per second, MMT manual muscle testing (maximum score 10), NAM  necrotising autoimmune myopathy, IBM inclusion body myositis, HC healthy controls, SD standard deviation