Musculoskeletal Sonography in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: Results of the First Worldwide Survey Study

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 326-331

  Özçakar, Levent ^a   Tok, Fatih ^b   Kesikburun, Serdar ^b   Palamar, Deniz ^d   Erden, Gül ^d   Ulaşli, Alper ^c   Köroǧlu Omaç, Özlem ^b   Çarli, Alparslan Bayram ^b   Çapkin, Erhan ^e   DeMuynck, Martine ^f  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Awareness; Education; Musculoskeletal system; Physical medicine; Rehabilitation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOT DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; KNEE DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REHABILITATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 76049100044     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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