title: Nineteen reasons why physiatrists should do musculoskeletal ultrasound: EURO-MUSCULUS/USPRM recommendations.
abstract: This article is an eventual consensus of experts from the European Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Study Group (EURO-MUSCULUS) and the Ultrasound Study Group in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (USPRM) pertaining to the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound in physical and rehabilitation medicine. Nineteen important reasons (as regards general advantages, specific conditions in physical and rehabilitation medicine, as well as comparisons with other imaging tools) have been highlighted to consolidate the scenario of how/why the probe of ultrasound needs to become the stethoscope, the extended hand, and the pen of physiatrists.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University Medical School (LÖ); Ankara Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey (MK); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan (K-VC, W-SC, T-GW); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Bursa Military Hospital, Bursa (ABÇ); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Pamukkale University Medical School, Denizli (NA); Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, İskenderun Military Hospital, İskenderun (FT); Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Clinic, Gülhane Military Academy Haydarpaşa Training Hospital, Istanbul (LT); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University Medical School, Afyon, Turkey (AMU); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Chang Gung University, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan (CPCC); Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University Medical School, Trabzon, Turkey (EÇ); and Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Gent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium (MDM).
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Özçakar
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Ke-Vin
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Alparslan Bayram
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Çarl
authors.forename: Nuray
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akkaya
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tok
authors.forename: Wen-Shiang
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tyng-Guey
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.forename: Alper Murat
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ulaşl
authors.forename: Carl P C
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Çapkn
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Muynck
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010810:Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine / Q000379:methods; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography