Ultrasound is a reproducible and valid tool for measuring scar height in children with burn scars: A cross-sectional study of the psychometric properties and utility of the ultrasound and 3D camera

• Published in: Burns Vol. 43; no. 5; pp. 993 - 1001
• Main Authors: Simons, M, Kee, E. Gee, Kimble, R, Tyack, Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01-08-2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Analysis of Variance; Burn scar thickness; Burns - complications; Child; Child, Preschool; Cicatrix; Cicatrix - diagnostic imaging; Cicatrix - etiology; Critical Care; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Infant; Male; Observer Variation; Outcome measure; Pediatric; Reproducibility of Results; Ultrasonography - methods; Ultrasound; Cicatrix; Burn scar thickness; Ultrasound; Pediatric; Outcome measure
• ISSN: 0305-4179; 1879-1409
• DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2017.01.034

Highlights • High frequency ultrasound capable of detecting changes <1 mm in scar thickness. • Inter-rater and intra-rater reproducibility acceptable for scarred skin using ultrasound. • Using the difference measurement between normal and scarred skin score is not recommended. • Intra-rater reproducibility acceptable for maximal scar height using 3D camera.