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A Novel Application of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging
Published on: September 17, 2013
Nineteen reasons why physiatrists should do musculoskeletal ultrasound: EURO-MUSCULUS/USPRM recommendations
Levent Özçakar1, Murat Kara, Ke-Vin Chang
1From the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School (LÖ); Ankara Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey (MK); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (K-VC, W-SC, T-GW); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Bursa Military Hospital, Bursa (ABÇ); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Pamukkale University Medical School, Denizli (NA); Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, İskenderun Military Hospital, İskenderun (FT); Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, Gülhane Military Academy Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, Istanbul (LT); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University Medical School, Afyon, Turkey (AMU); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Chang Gung University, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan (CPCC); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University Medical School, Trabzon, Turkey (EÇ); and Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium (MDM).
Abstract:
This article is an eventual consensus of experts from the European Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Study Group (EURO-MUSCULUS) and the Ultrasound Study Group in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (USPRM) pertaining to the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in physical and rehabilitation medicine. Nineteen important reasons (as regards general advantages, specific conditions in physical and rehabilitation medicine, as well as comparisons with other imaging tools) have been highlighted to consolidate the scenario of how/why the probe of ultrasound needs to become the stethoscope, the extended hand, and the pen of physiatrists.
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