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Reproducibility of the durometer and myoton devices for skin stiffness measurement in healthy subjects.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Clinical assessment of skin stiffness is unreliable in many applications. The durometer, an industrial device to measure hardness, has previously been applied in scleroderma. The Myoton is a noninvasive handheld device for assessing soft tissue biomechanical parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We evaluated the reproducibility of both devices in six healthy subjects in the volar forearm, dorsal forearm, upper arm, shin, and calf bilaterally. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was used as a measure of reproducibility among three observers. RESULTS:The interobserver intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of overall stiffness for the Myoton was 0.74 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.45-1.00] and 0.71 [0.39-1.00] for the durometer. Coefficient of variation (CV) for the Myoton was 6.4% [range 1.3-12.1] and 7.6% [range 4.4-13.8] for the durometer. Myoton and durometer values had a Pearson correlation of 0.69. The intraobserver Myoton ICC was 0.89 [0.74-1.00] and CV 3.1% [range 1.6-5.0]. The 95% confidence minimal detectable change by the Myoton for a single observer is 32.4 N/m, which is 7.6% of the average subject's overall stiffness. CONCLUSION:The Myoton demonstrated high reproducibility, particularly in the overall stiffness parameter, and merits further investigation to assess disease progression and treatment efficacy.

SUBMITTER: Dellalana LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546306 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reproducibility of the durometer and myoton devices for skin stiffness measurement in healthy subjects.

Dellalana Laura E LE   Chen Fuyao F   Vain Arved A   Gandelman Jocelyn S JS   Põldemaa Mihkel M   Chen Heidi H   Tkaczyk Eric R ER  

Skin research and technology : official journal of International Society for Bioengineering and the Skin (ISBS) [and] International Society for Digital Imaging of Skin (ISDIS) [and] International Society for Skin Imaging (ISSI) 20181110 3


<h4>Background</h4>Clinical assessment of skin stiffness is unreliable in many applications. The durometer, an industrial device to measure hardness, has previously been applied in scleroderma. The Myoton is a noninvasive handheld device for assessing soft tissue biomechanical parameters.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We evaluated the reproducibility of both devices in six healthy subjects in the volar forearm, dorsal forearm, upper arm, shin, and calf bilaterally. The intraclass correlation coef  ...[more]

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