The infiltration of the AC joint performed by one specialist: Ultrasound versus palpation a prospective randomized pilot study

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Sabeti Aschraf, M ^a   Ochsner, A ^a   Schueller Weidekamm, C ^a   Schmidt, M ^a   Funovics, Ph T ^a   v Skrbensky, G ^a   Goll, A ^a   Schatz, K D ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

AC joint; Corticoid; Local anaesthetic; Palpation; Shoulder; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEGENERATIVE PROCESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; JOINT SPACE; LOCAL ANAESTHETIC; NEEDLE PLACEMENT; PILOT STUDIES; POST INJECTION; ULTRASOUND GUIDED;

ANESTHETICS; NEEDLES; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BETAMETHASONE; LIDOCAINE;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT CAVITY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PALPATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ULTRASOUND;

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ARTHRALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77954085089     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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