Qualifications for practitioners of neuromuscular ultrasound: Position statement of the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 442-444

  Walker, Francis O ^a   Alter, Katharine E ^b   Boon, Andrea J ^c   Cartwright, Michael S ^a   Flores, Victor H ^d   Hobson Webb, Lisa D ^e   Hunt, Christopher H ^c   Primack, Scott J ^f   Shook, Steven J ^g  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Physical Medicine Associates   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Colorado Rehabilitation and Occupational Medicine ^*  (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal ultrasound; Neuromuscular ultrasound; Ultrasound; Ultrasound indications; Ultrasound qualifications

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956050459     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21760     Document Type: Review

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