Study design: A cross-sectional inter-examiner agreement and reliability study among physical therapists in primary care. Background: musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSU) is frequently used by physical therapists to improve specific diagnosis in patients with shoulder pain, especially for the diagnosis rotator …

Study design: Prospective cohort study including patients with shoulder pain in primary care physiotherapy. Background: There is an increased tendency to use diagnostic ultrasound to aid the diagnostic strategy and target treatment. It is a relatively cheap and accessible imaging technique but the implications …

Purpose of review To help guide metabolic support in critical care, an understanding of patients’ nutritional status and risk is important. Several methods to monitor lean body mass are increasingly used in the ICU and knowledge about their advantages and limitations is essential. Recent findings Computed …

The use of musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSU) has been increasing amongst physiotherapist. The efficacy of MSU as a biofeedback training tool diaphragm muscle has not yet been evaluated even though it is a muscle known to be vital in contributing to spinal stability. Before assessing the effectiveness …

Background: The flexor hallucis longus (FHL) is one of three muscles that can cause tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS). TTS is a less common pathology whereby a space-occupying process compresses the tibial nerve. Before it can be determined if musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSU) can be used to diagnose TTS further …

Onderzoek naar referentiewaarden van structuren in de knie. Door middel van muscloskeletale echografie zijn referentiewaarden vastgesteld voor zowel man als vrouw voor de volgende structuren: quadriceps pees, patella pees, mediaal collateraal ligament, lateraal collateraal ligament en de iliotibiale …

The purpose of this study was to establish standard reference values of the Transversus abdominis and internal oblique muscles during maximal inhalation, exhalation and respiratory pause in a standing position. Additionally, this study aims to estimate the correlation between those standard reference …

Inleiding: Jaarlijks komen 15 op de 1000 mensen met schouderklachten bij de huisarts, waarvan 70% het de pezen van de rotator cuff betreft. Voor de diagnose wordt gebruik gemaakt van Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSU) en om de diagnose te optimaliseren zijn referentiewaarden nodig. Het doel van het onderzoek …

This review describes the exact standard reference values for measurements of the supraspinatus tendon and muscle obtained by muskuloskeletal ultrasound, magentic resonance imaging and cadaveric studies.

A comparison of validity on the Hawkins-Kennedy test, Neer sign, Jobe test and drop-arm test against diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound on diagnosing rotator cuff pathologies (tendinopathy, partial-thickness tears and full-thickness tears).