Recommended Musculoskeletal and Sports Ultrasound Terminology: A Delphi-Based Consensus Statement.

Objectives: The current lack of agreement regarding standardized terminology in musculoskeletal and sports ultrasound presents challenges in education, clinical practice, and research. This consensus was developed to provide a reference to improve clarity and consistency in communication.

Methods: A multidisciplinary expert panel was convened consisting of 18 members representing multiple specialty societies identified as key stakeholders in musculoskeletal and sports ultrasound.

Ultrasound visualization of the thumb annular pulleys: A cadaveric validation study.

Background: The thumb annular pulley system is unique from the other digits and is integral to normal thumb function. Injuries to this pulley system can present a diagnostic challenge. No prior study has evaluated the ability of ultrasound (US) to evaluate all four thumb pulleys.

American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Sports Ultrasound Curriculum for Sports Medicine Fellowships.

Sports ultrasound is commonly used by sports medicine physicians to enhance diagnostic and procedural accuracy. This expert consensus statement serves as an update to the 2015 American Medical Society for Sports Medicine recommended sports ultrasound curriculum for sports medicine fellowships. Although written in the context of the American sports medicine fellowship training model, we present a stepwise progression in both diagnostic and interventional sports ultrasound that may be applicable to the broader sports medicine community.

Ultrasound Findings in Less Frequent Causes of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

The most common etiology of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is idiopathic. However, secondary causes of CTS should be considered when symptoms are unilateral, or electrodiagnostic studies are discrepant with the clinical presentation. Imaging of the carpal tunnel should be performed when secondary causes of CTS are suspected.

Sonoanatomy and Pathology of the Posterior Band of the Gluteus Medius Tendon.

Greater trochanteric pain syndrome is a common clinical entity that most often results from disorders of the gluteus medius tendon. There are two distinct bands of the gluteus medius tendon, and abnormalities may affect the anterior or posterior band in isolation or simultaneously. Although abnormalities of the anterior band are more common, awareness and sonographic detection of posterior band abnormalities is essential to guide treatment in the setting of greater trochanteric pain syndrome.

New Complication Associated With All-Inside Meniscal Repair Device: Ultrasound-Aided Diagnosis and Operative Localization of Foreign Body Reaction.

Background: The importance of meniscal preservation has become widely accepted, and meniscal repair techniques have evolved over recent years. With new techniques come new complications, which are critical to recognize.

Purpose: To describe a new complication of foreign body reaction from a nonabsorbable suture anchor associated with improper placement of the all-inside meniscal device.

Ultrasonography of fractures in sports medicine.

High-resolution ultrasound is emerging as an important imaging modality in fracture assessment due to its availability, ease of use and multiplanar capabilities. Its usefulness includes injury assessment for the presence of a fracture when obtaining radiographs is not immediately available, detecting occult fractures not revealed on radiographs, and diagnosing bone stress injury before radiographic changes. Sonographic evaluation of bone, however, has limitations and should always be coupled with radiographs and possibly advanced imaging modalities such as CT and MR when clinically indicated.

Enthesopathy of the lateral cord of the plantar fascia.

The objective of this study was to raise awareness of the diagnosis of enthesopathy of the lateral cord of the plantar fascia (LCPF) and describe its sonographic findings. We conducted a retrospective case series of 13 sonographic examinations with the diagnosis of LCPF enthesopathy. Two cadaver dissections of the plantar foot were performed for anatomic correlation.

Sonographic evaluation of hindfoot disorders.

Foot pain is a common orthopedic condition that can have an impact on health-related quality of life. The evaluation of plantar hindfoot pain begins with history and physical examination. Imaging modalities, standard radiographs, sonography, MR, CT are often utilized to clarify the diagnosis.

Elbow Dislocations.

In brief Clinically, diagnosing elbow dis-brief location is not difficult, although a supracondylar fracture of the humerus can mimic an elbow dislocation in a young patient. Fractures are common with elbow dislocations; neurovascular injury is uncommon but potentially disastrous if unrecognized. A careful neurovascular examination, therefore, is imperative both before and after reduction.