Introduction to Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Objectives

1. Increase the participant's knowledge to better perform and/or interpret MSK ultrasound examinations.
2. List the indications, benefits, and limitations of MSK ultrasound for sports medicine injuries, physical medicine & rehabilitation, and rheumatology applications.
3. Demonstrate proper transducer manipulation and system optimization to produce diagnostic images.
4. Demonstrate scanning protocols for performing shoulder, elbow, wrist/hand, knee, ankle/foot, & hip ultrasound examinations.
5. Identify normal anatomy during musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging.
6. Identify the sonographic appearance of commonly seen pathology of the shoulder, knee, elbow, wrist/hand, ankle, and foot.
7. Demonstrate the use of MSK sonography for diagnosis and ultrasound-guided interventions and describe "in-plane" and "out of plane" injections/aspiration techniques using inanimate phantoms.
8. Increase confidence to incorporate protocols, techniques and interpretation criteria to improve diagnostic/treatment accuracy.

Topics

• Shoulder Anatomy & Scanning Techniques
• Evaluation of Shoulder Pathology
• Elbow Anatomy & Scanning Techniques
• Evaluation of Elbow Pathology
• Ultrasound Guided Injection Techniques
• Wrist/Hand Anatomy & Scan Techniques
• Evaluation of Wrist/Hand Pathology
• Normal Evaluation of the Ankle/Foot & Pathology
• Knee Anatomy, Scanning Techniques, & Pathology
• Evaluation of the Hip