Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging

The course Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging at KI is taught in Swedish.

This course requires knowledge of Swedish. Swedish is the language of instruction. For more information, see the Swedish version of this page.

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Selection

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Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging

Grundläggande muskuloskeletal ultraljudsdiagnostik

Essential data

Course code: 2QA316
Course name: Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging
Credits: 15
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Not applicable
Level: Second cycle, in-depth level of the course cannot be classified
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery
Decided by: Education committee MMK
Decision date: 2020-12-14
Course syllabus valid from: Autumn semester 2021

Content


Physics of ultrasound and basic diagnostic imaging, 1.5 credits


Grading scale: GU

MUSKUL-diagnostics of upper and lower extremities, 9.0 credits


Grading scale: GU

Research methodology and statistics, 1.5 credits


Grading scale: GU

Scientific work presented as a literature review, 3.0 credits


Grading scale: GU

Literature and other teaching aids

  • Platzer, Werner, Color atlas of human anatomy.: Vol. 1 Locomotor system, 7th edition. : Stuttgart : Thieme, 2015 - ix, 468 p. ISBN: 9783135333076, LIBRIS-ID: 18127132,
  • Bradley, Mike; O'Donnell, Paul., Atlas of musculoskeletal ultrasound anatomy, 2nd ed. : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 222 s. ISBN: 9780521728096, LIBRIS-ID: 11726412,
  • Moore, R E, A Practical Guide to Sonography of the Extremities, Institutionen för molekylär medicin och kirurgi, 2010
  • Kraft, G H; Hager, N A, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, Institutionen för molekylär medicin och kirurgi,
  • Silvestri, Enzo.; Muda, Alessandro.; Sconfienza, Luca Maria., Normal Ultrasound Anatomy of the Musculoskeletal System: A pratical guide, Milano : Springer Milan, 2012. - IX, 139 p. ISBN: 9788847024571, LIBRIS-ID: 13428889, Table of Contents / Abstracts,
  • Jacobson, Jon A., Fundamentals of musculoskeletal ultrasound, 2. ed. : Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier/Saunders, c2013. - xvii, 382 s. ISBN: 9781455738182, LIBRIS-ID: 17780425,
  • Bianchi, Stefano.; Martinoli, Carlo., Ultrasound of the Musculoskeletal System [electronic resource], Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2007. ISBN: 9783540281634, LIBRIS-ID: 11430281, Table of Contents / Abstracts,
  • McNally, Eugene G., Practical Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, 2 ed. : [Oxford] : Churchill Livingstone, 2014 - 440 s. ISBN: 9780702034770, LIBRIS-ID: 19461491,
  • Narouze, Samer N., Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management, New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011. ISBN: 9781441916815, LIBRIS-ID: 12123771, Table of Contents / Abstracts,
  • S N., Narouze, Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Injections, Institutionen för molekylär medicin och kirurgi,
  • Ejlertsson, Göran, Statistik för hälsovetenskaperna, 2., moderniserade och utök. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2012 - 303 s. ISBN: 978-91-44-07048-3, LIBRIS-ID: 13374003, Övningsmaterial,
  • Greenhalgh, Trisha, Att läsa vetenskapliga artiklar och rapporter: grunden för en evidensbaserad vård, 1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2012 - 309 s. ISBN: 978-91-44-07271-5, LIBRIS-ID: 12543003,