The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between disease severity and subcutaneous tissue shearwave elastography findings with pain threshold and quality of life in patients diagnosed with lipedema.
Patients diagnosed with lipedema were divided into 3 stages according to disease severity. Pain level was evaluated with visual analogue scale, pain threshold with algometric measurement, and quality of life with EQ-5D general quality of life scale. All patients underwent measurements using B-mode ultrasound and subcutaneous elastic modulus with shear wave elastography (SWE) imaging of lower limbs at three anatomical levels.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
70
Visual analog scale(VAS):This scale measure in which individuals rate their pain from 0 to 10, with 0 indicating no pain at all and 10 representing the worst pain;pain threshold through algometric measurement; quality of life using the EQ-5D general quality of life scale.
Gulcan Ozturk
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
Subcutaneous elastic modulus with shear wave elastography (SWE) imaging of lower limbs
Measurements using B-mode ultrasound and subcutaneous elastic modulus with shear wave elastography (SWE) imaging of lower limbs at three anatomical levels.
Time frame: 1 day
Visual analog scale(VAS)
Pain levels were assessed using the visual analog scale(VAS)
Time frame: 1 day
Algometric measurement
Pain threshold through algometric measurement
Time frame: 1 day
EQ-5D general quality of life scale.
quality of life using the EQ-5D general quality of life scale.
Time frame: 1 day
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