Role of diagnostic ultrasound in the assessment of musculoskeletal diseases

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 341-355

  Patil, Pravin ^a   Dasgupta, Bhaskar ^a  

^a SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

advances in MSK ultrasound; carpal tunnel syndrome; crystal arthritis; early diagnosis; epicondylitis; osteoarthritis; paediatric rheumatology; pain management; polymyalgia rheumatic; psoriatic arthritis; rheumatoid arthritis; seronegative spondyloarthropathy; sports medicine; ultrasonography; vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; ARTHRITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRYSTAL ARTHRITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESITIS; HUMAN; JOINT INJURY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID VASCULITIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SPORTS MEDICINE; SYNOVITIS; TENNIS ELBOW; TENOSYNOVITIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84869849619     PISSN: 1759720X     EISSN: 17597218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1759720X12442112     Document Type: Review

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