Musculoskeletal ultrasonography in physical and rehabilitation medicine

Musculoskeletal ultrasonography in physical and rehabilitation medicine.

Musculoskeletal ultrasound has gained a significant place in the diagnosis and management of various musculoskeletal disorders due to its several advantages (being convenient, inexpensive, non-invasive, repeatable, providing dynamic imaging and not requiring any exposure to radiation). It has also become a valuable tool in the daily clinical practice of physical and rehabilitation medicine phys...

Publications of physical and rehabilitation medicine physicians concerning musculoskeletal ultrasonography: an overview.

OBJECTIVE Interest in the use of musculoskeletal ultrasonography in the field of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has increased significantly over recent years. In order to determine to what extent this growing interest among Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine physicians is resulting in publications, we reviewed the trend in publications by physiatrists on musculoskeletal ultrasonography....

Physical medicine and rehabilitation.

An important priority has been the development of quantitative methods for measuring the disability status of patients undergoing rehabilitation. Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin is an effective new therapy for spasticity due to a number of causes.

of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Research in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

The roles and responsibilities of the principal investigator of a research project are described to allow the young researcher to make an intelligent decision regarding which role to take in a research project. Guidelines are given about which tasks may be delegated and how to do this. These tasks include formulation of the question, project design, obtaining funding, project startup and ongoin...