Quantitative ultrasound of trapezius muscle involvement in myofascial pain: Comparison of clinical and healthy populations using texture analysis

Introduction/Background Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) diagnosis is currently a source of contention amongst clinicians. Physicians, chiropractors, and registered massage therapists do not agree on the criteria they deem diagnostic of MPS. Ultrasound imaging is widely used in medicine to qualitatively identify anatomical structures and lesions. Quantitative ultrasounds methods such as texture features have been used to characterize normal and …