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Eight patients had markedly thickened deltoid fascia (&gt;5 SD). Only 1 patient with a mild clinical presentation had normal deltoid fascial thickness. Four patients also had fascial thickening of the VL and\/or RF.<jats:italic>Conclusions:<\/jats:italic>Deltoid fascial thickness was increased significantly in DM and PM patients, whereas the quadriceps muscle only showed thickened fascia in severely affected patients. This study suggests that a concomitant fasciitis may be present more often than previously believed.<jats:italic>Muscle Nerve<\/jats:italic>, 2015<jats:italic>Muscle Nerve<\/jats:italic>52: 534\u2013539, 2015<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.24595","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,2,6]],"date-time":"2015-02-06T02:12:20Z","timestamp":1423188740000},"page":"534-539","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Increased fascial thickness of the deltoid muscle in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: An ultrasound study"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"52","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4266-000X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kavish J.","family":"Bhansing","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rheumatology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marieke H.","family":"Van Rosmalen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rheumatology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Baziel G.","family":"Van Engelen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Madelon C.","family":"Vonk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rheumatology Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Piet L.","family":"Van Riel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Scientific Institute for Quality of Health Care Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sigrid","family":"Pillen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Child Development and Exercise Center Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2990.2010.01153.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/nrrheum.2011.39"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(03)14368-1"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.21651"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/1529-0131(200008)43:8<1866::AID-ANR24>3.0.CO;2-6"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/art.27704"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10067-003-0824-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.RHU.0000049716.25111.AF"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/archneurol.2011.1159"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.21015"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nmd.2005.12.001"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM197502132920706"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM197502202920807"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_15_1","first-page":"789","article-title":"The dimensions of health outcomes: the health assessment questionnaire, disability and pain scales","volume":"9","author":"Fries JF","year":"1982","journal-title":"J Rheumatol"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"841","DOI":"10.1016\/S0003-4967(24)43383-9","article-title":"Health Assessment Questionnaire modifications: is standardisation needed?","volume":"60","author":"Zandbelt MM","year":"2001","journal-title":"Ann Rheum Dis"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.21866"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/mus.21458"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00276-012-1058-0"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_20_1","volume-title":"Psychometric theory","author":"Nunnally JC","year":"1978"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s00276-008-0395-5"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jbmt.2008.04.041"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/BF00318761"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nmd.2004.02.006"}],"container-title":["Muscle &amp; 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