{
  "id": "SCR-LIP-000089",
  "statement": "Shear-wave elastography (SWE) measurements of thigh tissue stiffness correlate with pain and neuropathic pain scores in lipedema patients, suggesting SWE can quantify tissue alterations beyond subcutaneous fat thickness alone.",
  "statement_pt": "Medidas de elastografia por onda de cisalhamento (SWE) da rigidez tecidual da coxa correlacionam-se com escores de dor e dor neuropática em pacientes com lipedema, sugerindo que a SWE pode quantificar alterações teciduais além da espessura do tecido adiposo subcutâneo.",
  "claim_type": "clinical_association",
  "context": {
    "population": "—",
    "condition": "lipedema",
    "exposure": "—",
    "comparator": "—",
    "outcome": "—",
    "scope": "auto-ingested from Layer 1 surveillance"
  },
  "knowledge_state": "emerging",
  "evidence_confidence": "low",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "ref": "DOI:10.1038/s41366-026-02049-8",
      "stance": "refines",
      "study_design": "cross_sectional",
      "n": null,
      "risk_of_bias": "unknown",
      "year": 2026,
      "amato_authored": false,
      "note": "The article uses ultrasound elastography (SWE) in lipedema patients and demonstrates its ability to measure tissue stiffness and correlate with pain, supporting the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic/assessment tool in lipedema. However, the",
      "title": "Assessment of the elasticity of lipedematous tissue and the examination of the relationship between pain and fibrosis in lipedema",
      "authors": "Yaman & Mansız-Kaplan",
      "journal": "International Journal of Obesity"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "gaps": "Auto-ingested single source; not yet human-reviewed.",
  "primary_amato_source": null,
  "curators": [],
  "provenance": {
    "auto": true,
    "engine": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6",
    "question": "SQ-LIP-000003",
    "source": "europepmc",
    "ingested": "2026-05-31"
  },
  "created": "2026-05-31",
  "updated": "2026-05-31",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "answers_questions": [
    {
      "id": "SQ-LIP-000003",
      "role": "refines",
      "question": "Can ultrasound diagnose or classify lipedema?",
      "url": "https://scientificclaims.org/q/SQ-LIP-000003.html"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://scientificclaims.org/c/SCR-LIP-000089.html"
}