Sports medicine ultrasound (US) beyond the musculoskeletal system: use in the abdomen, solid organs, lung, heart and eye.
The use of point-of-care ultrasound (US) by non-radiologists is not new and the expansion into sports medicine practice is relatively young. US has been used extensively to evaluate the musculoskeletal system including the diagnosis of muscle, tendon and bone injuries. However, as sports medicine practitioners we are responsible for the care of the entire athlete. There are many other non-musculoskeletal applications of US in the evaluation and treatment of the athlete. This paper highlights the use of US in the athlete to diagnose pulmonary, cardiac, solid organ, intra-abdominal and eye injuries.
Department of Orthopaedics and Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
David J
DJ
Berkoff
Department of Orthopedics and Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Joy
J
English
Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Daniel
D
Theodoro
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001810:Blood Volume / Q000502:physiology; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D020896:Hypovolemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Injuries; Sports medicine; Trauma; Ultrasound