Ultrasound imaging: Evidence and clinical practice
Highlighted will be the clinical application of ultrasound imaging with presentations from national and international clinicians with substantial experience in ultrasound imaging. The indications for ultrasound imaging in diagnostics and treatment will be presented with an evidence-based approach. Furthermore there will be emphasis on clinical reasoning as an underlying base for the ultrasound examination and on the implications for the patient’s treatment course.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging is becoming increasingly popular in the physiotherapy practice, both in the outpatient clinics with diagnostic functions and in physiotherapy practice in private as well as in municipal settings. Conducted by an adequate skilled professional, ultrasound imaging is quick, easy to use and has lower costs than other imaging modalities. It has great potential and looking at our neighbors in England, they have already succeeded in implementing ultrasound in the physiotherapy practice.
After each session there will be time for questions from the audience. Finally, we will debate how physiotherapists can use ultrasound imaging, how we facilitate implementation and how to ensure high quality in the physiotherapy practice.
Speakers
- Lorenzo Masci, Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine, Pure sports medicine and ISEH, London
- Stuart Wildman, PT, MSK Sonographer, Homerton University Hospital, London
- Karen Ellegaard, PT, PhD, The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital
Presentations
Lorenzo Masci: The role of ultrasound imaging in musculoskeletal diagnostic and treatment.
- Basic introduction to ultrasound imaging.
- Introduction to existing research for ultrasound imaging.
- Clinical usefulness and possible pitfalls in using ultrasound in tendinopathy.
- Pros and cons compared to other imaging modalities.
Stuart Wildman: Clinical reasoning in the ultrasound imaging of the shoulder - Implications for the patient journey.
- Introduction to what we can see in the shoulder
- The painful shoulder and ultrasound findings
- Asymptomatic findings on imaging
- Indications and contraindications for ultrasound imaging of the shoulder
Karen Ellegaard: Ultrasound imaging for assessment of the inflammatory conditions in joints and tendons. Reliability and validity in a rheumatology setting.
- Gray scale vs. doppler in the rheumatologic patient
- Ultrasound as an examination feature to organize and monitor the physiotherapeutic intervention
- Ultrasound as a tool to insure that an intervention does not increase inflammation and course tissue damage.
Organizer: Danish Association of Ultrasound Imaging in Physiotherapy
Moderators: Marianne Christensen and Helle Østergaard
Workshops about ultrasound imaging
Tips and pitfalls in diagnostic ultrasound imaging of the rotator cuff tendons – When is it pathological?
The workshop will guide you through the possible pathological findings in the rotator cuff tendons as well as give you an understanding of how the different findings should be interpreted.
Read more about the workshop here
How to address Achilles tendinopathy when the usual first line treatment fails?
Evidence on eccentric versus heavy slow resistance exercises for Achilles tendinopathy. Individual exercise program and pain monitoring to improve compliance and outcome. Differential diagnostics in Achilles tendinopathy. What other treatment modalities can we use, when the exercise treatment fails?
Hent præsentationen fra fagkongressen (Karen Ellegaard)