
This article is an eventual consensus of experts from the European Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Study Group (EURO-MUSCULUS) and the Ultrasound Study Group in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (USPRM) pertaining to the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in physical and rehabilitation medicine. Nineteen important reasons (as regards general advantages, specific conditions in physical and rehabilitation medicine, as well as comparisons with other imaging tools) have been highlighted to consolidate the scenario of how/why the probe of ultrasound needs to become the stethoscope, the extended hand, and the pen of physiatrists.
Humans; Musculoskeletal Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal System/*diagnostic imaging; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/diagnostic imaging; Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine/methods; Soft Tissue Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonography, Humans, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Soft Tissue Neoplasms, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Musculoskeletal System, Ultrasonography
Humans; Musculoskeletal Diseases/*diagnostic imaging/rehabilitation; Musculoskeletal System/*diagnostic imaging; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases/diagnostic imaging; Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine/methods; Soft Tissue Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonography, Humans, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases, Soft Tissue Neoplasms, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Musculoskeletal System, Ultrasonography
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