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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on November 1, 2005
Rheumatology 2005 44(12):1470-1472; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kei176
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

EDITORIAL

Training in musculoskeletal ultrasound by UK rheumatologists: when is now, but how?

J. Cunnington1,2, G. Hide3 and D. Kane1,2

1 School of Clinical and Medical Sciences (Rheumatology), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 2 Department of Rheumatology and 3 Department of Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Correspondence to: D. Kane, School of Clinical and Medical Sciences (Rheumatology), Cookson Building, Framlington Place, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK. E-mail: d.j.kane@ncl.ac.uk

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Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) is undeniably an excellent imaging tool for rheumatologists. It allows high resolution, multiplanar, anatomical images to be obtained in real time in a relatively inexpensive and patient-acceptable manner. Direct correlation of clinical and ultrasound findings can be made at the first consultation in a time-efficient manner. Over the last 5 yrs there has been an exponential increase in the number of publications regarding MSUS, which detail its ever-increasing applications [1, 2] and, most importantly, the positive impact it has on the clinical care of patients [3]. The work also represents the growing number of individuals and centres involved in MSUS. There is great enthusiasm among rheumatologists who would like to perform MSUS and provide a service. This is evidenced by the interest in MSUS documented by a survey at the European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) annual conference in Glasgow in 1999 [. . . [Full Text of this Article]


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