Clinical utility of ultrasound guidance for intra-articular knee injections: A review

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-95

  Berkoff, David J ^a   Miller, Larry E ^b,c   Block, Jon E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miller Scientific Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c The Jon Block Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection; Intra articular; Knee; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYALURONIC ACID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACCURACY; ACROMIOCLAVICULAR DISLOCATION; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; NEEDLES; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84862317187     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S29265     Document Type: Review

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