title: Publications of physical and rehabilitation medicine physicians concerning musculoskeletal ultrasonography: an overview.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  METHODS
  We searched retrospectively for all papers indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded and Index Medicus in which "rehabilitation medicine" was addressed as at least one of the authors' affiliations (up to 2011). All papers were examined individually for the authors' affiliations, document types, publication years, countries, and journal categories.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 171 papers was included in the study. After 2004, there appears to be a significant amount of increase in the number of publications. USA, Turkey, Taiwan and South Korea were the leading countries in which physiatrists carry out research and publish papers on musculoskeletal ultrasonography. The top 5 journal categories in which these papers were published were: Rehabilitation (44.3%), Orthopaedics (14.1%), Radiology (10.7%), Neurology (8.1%) and Rheumatology (6.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The number of scientific publications by physiatrists about musculoskeletal ultrasonography is increasing in parallel with the interest regarding its routine use in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation clinics.
authors.affiliation: Ankara Training and Research Hospital Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper Murat
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ulaşli
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Özçakar
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D010810:Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine; D010820:Physicians; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012046:Rehabilitation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data