Ultrasound in Sports Medicine
KEY POINTS • xxxx • xxxx • xxxx • xxxx Patients with arthritis are not excluded from athletic activities. Their daily activity may include biomechanical stresses on their bodies not…
Soft Tissue Rheumatism
KEY POINTS • Soft tissue rheumatism refers to nonsystemic, focal pathologic syndromes involving the periarticular tissues, including muscle, tendon, ligament, fascia, aponeurosis, retinaculum, bursa, and subcutaneous tissue. • Ultrasound evaluation…
Osteoarthritis
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound is able to detect most elementary lesions involving bony cortex and soft tissues in osteoarthritis (OA). • Ultrasound demonstrates both the inflammatory changes and structural damage…
Vasculitis
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound is a valuable tool in the diagnostic workup of small- and medium-vessel vasculitis. • In large-vessel vasculitis (giant cell arteritis and Takayasu’s arteritis), ultrasound delineates characteristic…
Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound may be used to guide a wide range of musculoskeletal interventions. • Ultrasound-guided arthrocentesis and joint injection may be performed under indirect or direct visualization. •…
Peripheral Nerves
KEY POINTS • Ultrasound can identify entrapment and traumatic neuropathies, neurogenic tumors, and some hereditary PN abnormalities, and is particularly useful when the results of clinical examination and tests are…
Crystal-Associated Synovitis
KEY POINTS • This chapter describes the main ultrasound findings that are detectable in patients with gout or CPPD disease. • Monosodium urate and CPPD crystal aggregates can be clearly…
Future Advances in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Ultrasound has progressed rapidly in recent years in terms of the technology itself and how it has been applied to both clinical practice and research. Musculoskeletal ultrasound is now considered…
