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...

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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...

From the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Tao-Yuan County, Taiwan (W-HC, CPCC); Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Richmond, VA, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VirginiaCommonwealth University, Richmond, VA, and University of Hawaii, John A Burns School of Medicine, H...

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Department and Institute of Physiology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Neuroscience Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei,...

*Clinic for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Clinic for Emergency Internal Medicine, Clinic for Haemathology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia; Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, University of Defence, Belgrade, Serbia; Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Clinic for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation “dr M. Zotovi ”, Belgrade, Serbia