Ultrasound Guidance Glenohumeral Joint: Intra-Articular Key Points • Intra-articular ultrasound-guided injections can be done using the anterior rotator interval approach or posterior approach. The posterior technique avoids accidental neurovasculature injury…
Key Points • Adhesive capsulitis occurs due to thickening and fibrosis of the coracohumeral ligament (CHL), glenohumeral ligament, rotator interval (RI), and axillary joint recess. • The condition is more…
Key Points • Calcific tendonitis, or more appropriately tendinosis, of the rotator cuff is a relatively common cause of shoulder pain. Calcifications are usually self-limiting but can also be recurrent,…
Ultrasound Guided Joint Injections Key Points • Most injections can be accomplished using a high-frequency linear ultrasound transducer. • Ultrasound allows evaluation of the three elbow articulations (radiocapitellar, ulnotrochlear, and…
Ultrasound Guided Injection Techniques Metacarpophalangeal, Interphalangeal, Proximal Interphalangeal, Distal Interphalangeal Joint Injections Key Points • Out-of-plane relative to transducer or short axis to the joint approaches maybe easier for these…
Ultrasound Guided Techniques Posterior Muscles Cervical Cervical multifidus Rectus capitis posterior major Rectus capitis posterior minor Obliquus capitus superior Obliquus capitus inferior Key Points These paraspinal muscles are important in…
Ultrasound Guided Procedures Sacroiliac Joint Key Points • Ultrasound-guided intra-articular injections can provide both pain relief and diagnostic information in sacroiliac (SI) joint pain Pertinent Anatomy • The SI joint…
Key Points • The thoracic spine is a common source of mid-back pain and is frequently overlooked despite it having the greatest number of levels and the greatest diversity between…
Key Points • A subset of tendinopathy appears to become chronic and nonresponsive to conservative treatments such as activity modification and exercise-based rehabilitation. • Ultrasound-guided needle tenotomy is a simple…
Key Points • Dextrose prolotherapy has level B strength of recommendation for chronic pain in eight areas based on a growing number of RCTs and meta-analyses. • Dextrose, when used…
