Abstracts tagged "Shoulder Pain and ultrasonography"

Abstract Number: 125 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Correlation Of Findings In Clinical and High Resolution Ultrasonography Examinations Of The Painful Shoulder
Raphael Micheroli¹, Diego Kyburz², Adrian Ciurea³, Beat Dubs⁴, Martin Toniolo², Samuel Bisig⁵ and Giorgio Tamborrini⁶, ¹Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ³Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich Schlieren, Switzerland, ⁴Sonography Institute Bethanien Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁵Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, Bethesda Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: High resolution ultrasonography (HRUS) is a non-painful and non-invasive imaging technique which is increasingly used for evaluating patients with musculoskeletal disorders. In particular, HRUS…
Abstract Number: 232 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Examination (MSUS) Predict Outcome In Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS)? A Prospective Blinded Study
Mumtaz Khan¹, Karen McCreesh², Aamir Saeed¹, Tomas Ahern³ and Alexander D. Fraser⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Limerick University Hospital, Limerick, Ireland, ²Physiotherapy, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ³St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Rheumatology, Limerick Univeristy Hospital, Limerick, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Steroid injection and active physiotherapy are the two standard conservative therapies used to treat SIS and the outcome from these two treatments varies depending…