Abstract
tendons’sheaths (73% and 70%), and the support to imaging guided joint injections (67%). The anatomical sites best suited for MSK-US are hips (87%), ankles (78%), wrists (65%), knees (64%), and mid-foot (63%). MSK-US is considered important for diagnosis, therapy monitoring, and research (70%).
Highlights
Despite the growing interest and use of Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK-US) in children, its current use in paediatric rheumatology is not known
To identify the current use of MSK-US and the areas most suitable for its development and standardisation in paediatric rheumatology
The responders are mainly pediatric rheumatologists (80%), have a long-lasting clinical experience in paediatric rheumatology (74% >10 years), and are more clinicians (>70%) than researchers (24%)
Summary
Despite the growing interest and use of MSK-US in children, its current use in paediatric rheumatology is not known. Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK-US) in pediatric rheumatology: European preliminary results of the survey of the Pediatric Ultrasound Group of the Omeract Ultrasound Task Force Silvia Magni-Manzoni1, Johannes Roth2, Paz Collado3, Esperanza Naredo3, Maria Antonietta D’Agostino4, Pietro Merli5, Valentina Muratore5*, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin6
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