Shear wave elastography of the supraspinatus tendon with early degeneration in asymptomatic type II diabetes mellitus patients: a multicenter study
SWE is a repeatable and early tool for assessing supraspinatus tendon degeneration in asymptomatic patients with T2DM. Active control of the condition of diabetes patients and regular upper limb exercise might help delay the degeneration of supraspinatus tendons.
Authors
- Tong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6489-5654)
- Yanni He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8323-2979)
- Huiyu Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0683-4340)
- Feifei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-926X)
- Liya Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4881-070X)
- Hongmei Liu
- Dan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5934-9085)
- Wenhong Yi
- Xueling Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1365-6813)
- Jie Zeng
- Shaoming Liu
- Jinying Liang
- Meijun Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4021-4647)
- Yufan Chen
- Qiuyan Mo
- S. Li
Institutions
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Dongguan People’s Hospital (CN)
- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (CN)
- Chongqing Dazu District People's Hospital (CN)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-025-08864-w
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02
Funders
- Guangdong Medical Research Foundation