Table 6 Studies demonstrating changes in ultrasonography-detected pathology in response to intervention

First author (reference no)	Joint	Intervention	Findings
Acebes33	Knee	Intra-articular steroids	Popilteal cyst size and wall thickness decreased after therapy
Baratto14	C spine	Low power modulated laser stimuli	Reduction in soft tissue thickness with therapy
Iagnocco15	Hand	Intra-articular saline	Ultrasonography can demonstrate capsular distension post-intra-articular saline
Jan35	Knee	Repetitive short-wave diathermy	Decrease in suprapatella sac thickness in the treatment group, but not in control group
Jan35	Knee	Repetitive short-wave diathermy	Decrease in pain index after therapy correlated with decrease in synovial sac thickness
Monteforte25	C spine	Laser therapy	Subcutaneous tissue thickness reduced after laser therapy
Reardon19	Knee	Observation post-surgery	No significant increase in quadriceps thickness Symptomatic side remained significantly thinner than other side
Su40	Hip	Observation post-total hip replacement	Posterior structure integrity improved with time
Tarasevicius41	Hip	Observation post-total hip replacement	Capsular distension at 6 months improves at 12 months