Impact of the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound by rheumatologists in patients with shoulder and hand complaints compared with traditional clinical care

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 768-771

  Naranjo, A ^a   Jimenez Nunez F G ^b   Medina Luezas, J ^c   Senabre, J M ^d   Rodriguez Garcia A ^e   Vazquez M ^e   Santos Ramirez C ^d   Alvarez De Buergo M ^c   Lopez Lasanta M ^b   Loza, E ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Comple jo Hospitalario de Palencia ^*  (Spain)

^d Hospital de Villajoyosa   (Spain)

^e UNIDAD DE INVESTIGACIÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hand; Health care resources; Musculoskeletal ultrasonography; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND PAIN; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER; SPAIN; STEROIDS;

EID: 84870259753     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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