Selective Electrical Muscle Stimulation of the Vastus Medialis in a Patient With Knee Osteoarthritis, With Changes in Muscle Quality, Symptoms, and Physical Activity: A Case Report.
A 77-year-old man with Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 right knee osteoarthritis had stopped regular exercise, including aquatic walking, because of knee pain.
Clinical pearl
A change in ultrasound echo intensity is an indirect indicator of intramuscular fat, not a direct measure. In this case, concurrent return to physical activity means symptom and imaging changes cannot be assigned to…