Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging Evaluation in Physiotherapy: Piloting a Systematic Review

Applied Sciences

Samuel Fernández Carnero¹  JuanNicolás Cuenca Zaldivar¹  Alejandro Leal Quiñones¹  Carlos Martin Saborido²  Cesar Calvo-Lobo³  JoséLuis Arias Buria⁴ 

[1] Department of Physical Therapy, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Pozuelo de Alarcon, 28223 Madrid, Spain;Fundación San Juan de Dios, Centro de Ciencias de la Salud San Rafael, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, 28036 Madrid, Spain;Nursing and Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de León, 24401 Ponferrada, Spain;Spanish Society for Ultrasound in Physiotherapy (SEEFi), 28006 Madrid, Spain;

关键词: rehabilitative ultrasound imaging;    real time ultrasound imaging;    sonography;    echography;    ultrasound;    physiotherapy;    physical therapy;    spine;    lumbar region;    lumbar multifidus;    low back;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app9010181

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Background: Research of ultrasound use in physiotherapy and daily practice has led to its use as an everyday tool. Methods: The aims were: (1) Checking the proposed systematic review protocol methodology; (2) evaluating the evidence from the last five years; and (3) coordinating the work of the team of reviewers in performing a complete systematic review. Thus, this is a pilot study prior to a full systematic review. The findings in databases related to health sciences with the meta-search engine Discovery EBSCO, Covidence, and Revman were used. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were described for eligibility. Results: Search provided 1029 references regarding the lumbar region on ultrasound scans. Of these, 33 were duplicates. After Covidence, 996 studies were left for screening. A full-text reading brought one randomized clinical trial (RCT). Conclusions: Validity and reliability references were found. The most suitable points were novice versus expert, and ultrasound versus electromyography (EMG) with just one RCT cohort, and observational and case reports. The lines of investigation increasingly endorsed the validity of using ultrasound in physiotherapy. Post-acquisition image analysis could also be a future line of research.

【 授权许可】

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