Utility and feasibility of musculoskeletal ultrasonography (MSK US) in rheumatology practice in Canada: Needs assessment

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1277-1283

  Larché, Maggie J ^a   McDonald Blumer, Heather ^b   Bruns, Alessandra ^c   Roth, Johannes ^d   Khy, Visithan ^e   De Brum Fernandes, Artur J ^c   Wakefield, Richard J ^f   Brown, Andrew K ^g   Bykerk, Vivian ^h,i  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Centre Hospitalier d'Amos   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease   (Canada)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Needs assessment; Rheumatology; Ultrasonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; E-MAIL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOLOGY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; TREATMENT INDICATION; WRIST;

CANADA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 80755175731     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-011-1743-0     Document Type: Article

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