Musculoskeletal ultrasound: athletic injuries of the lower extremity

Athletic injuries of the lower extremities are commonly encountered in clinical practice. While some pathology can be diagnosed on physical exam, others are a clinical dilemma with nonspecific symptomatology. In these situations, ultrasound imaging can be utilized as an exceptional diagnostic tool,...

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Autores principales: Meyer, Nathaniel B., Jacobson, Jon A., Kalia, Vivek, Kim, Sung Moon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2018
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29794963
http://dx.doi.org/10.14366/usg.18013
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description Athletic injuries of the lower extremities are commonly encountered in clinical practice. While some pathology can be diagnosed on physical exam, others are a clinical dilemma with nonspecific symptomatology. In these situations, ultrasound imaging can be utilized as an exceptional diagnostic tool, offering unique advantages over other imaging modalities. This article will review the imaging characteristics of commonly encountered athletic injuries of the lower extremity.
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spelling pubmed-60442222018-07-18 Musculoskeletal ultrasound: athletic injuries of the lower extremity Meyer, Nathaniel B. Jacobson, Jon A. Kalia, Vivek Kim, Sung Moon Ultrasonography Review Article Athletic injuries of the lower extremities are commonly encountered in clinical practice. While some pathology can be diagnosed on physical exam, others are a clinical dilemma with nonspecific symptomatology. In these situations, ultrasound imaging can be utilized as an exceptional diagnostic tool, offering unique advantages over other imaging modalities. This article will review the imaging characteristics of commonly encountered athletic injuries of the lower extremity. Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2018-07 2018-04-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6044222/ /pubmed/29794963 http://dx.doi.org/10.14366/usg.18013 Text en Copyright © 2018 Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (KSUM) This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044222/
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