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Unlike conventional grayscale and Doppler ultrasonography, which mainly assess morphology and vascularity, SWE may provide additional functional information in major musculoskeletal tissues, including tendons and ligaments, skeletal muscles, peripheral nerves, fibrocartilaginous structures, plantar fascia, and selected soft tissue lesions. Current evidence suggests potential roles for SWE in detecting early biomechanical alterations, assessing disease severity, differentiating symptomatic from asymptomatic tissues, and monitoring response to treatment or rehabilitation. However, musculoskeletal tissues are anisotropic, viscoelastic, and position-dependent; as a result, SWE measurements are influenced by acquisition-related factors, tissue biomechanics, positioning and loading conditions, region of interest (ROI) placement, tissue depth, and device-related variability. For this reason, SWE findings should not be interpreted as standalone diagnostic criteria but should be considered together with clinical findings, conventional ultrasonography, MRI, electrophysiology, histopathology, and patient-centered outcomes when appropriate. This review highlights the need for tissue-specific measurement protocols, standardized reporting, normative reference data, inter-vendor harmonization, and longitudinal validation against clinically meaningful outcomes before SWE can be more reliably integrated into routine musculoskeletal imaging and rehabilitation practice.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15124843","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,24]],"date-time":"2026-06-24T03:09:17Z","timestamp":1782270557000},"page":"4843","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Shear Wave Elastography in Musculoskeletal Imaging: A Narrative Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5321-8439","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Enes","family":"Gurun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun University, 55080 Samsun, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4059-2656","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mesut","family":"Ozturk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun University, 55080 Samsun, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mustafa","family":"Basaran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun University, 55080 Samsun, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ahmet Emin","family":"Okutan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun University, 55080 Samsun, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4","DOI":"10.1007\/s44258-024-00018-2","article-title":"Shear wave ultrasound elastography for estimating cartilage stiffness: Implications for early detection of osteoarthritis","volume":"2","author":"Georgas","year":"2024","journal-title":"Med-X"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"384","DOI":"10.1002\/pmrj.13179","article-title":"Diagnostic utility of shear wave elastography in musculoskeletal injuries: A narrative review","volume":"16","author":"Chowdhary","year":"2024","journal-title":"PM&R"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"855","DOI":"10.1148\/rg.2017160116","article-title":"Shear-Wave Elastography: Basic Physics and Musculoskeletal Applications","volume":"37","author":"Taljanovic","year":"2017","journal-title":"Radiographics"},{"key":"ref_4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"185","DOI":"10.14366\/usg.16053","article-title":"Current status of musculoskeletal application of shear wave elastography","volume":"36","author":"Ryu","year":"2017","journal-title":"Ultrasonography"},{"key":"ref_5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"457","DOI":"10.1007\/s00256-017-2843-y","article-title":"Shear wave sonoelastography of skeletal muscle: Basic principles, biomechanical concepts, clinical applications, and future perspectives","volume":"47","author":"Creze","year":"2018","journal-title":"Skelet. 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