Society guideline links: Diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound

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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order ultrasound as an initial investigation for shoulder/knee injuries in children (updated 2023)

United States

●American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM): Consensus statement for initial assessment and management of select musculoskeletal injuries (2023)

●American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS): Evidence-based clinical practice guideline on detection and nonoperative management of pediatric developmental dysplasia of the hip in infants up to six months of age (2022)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic hip pain (2022)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on shoulder pain – Atraumatic (2022)

●American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM): Consensus statement on sports ultrasound curriculum for sports medicine fellowships (2021)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on acute trauma to the ankle (2020)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic foot pain (2020)

●AAOS: Evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the management of rotator cuff injuries (2019)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on acute trauma to the foot (2019)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on acute trauma to the knee (2019)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on acute hand and wrist trauma (2018)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic knee pain (2018)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic ankle pain (2017)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic wrist pain (2017)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on shoulder pain – Traumatic (2017)

●American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), ACR, Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), and Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU): Practice parameter for the performance of a musculoskeletal ultrasound examination (2017)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic extremity joint pain – Suspected inflammatory arthritis (2016)

●AMSSM: Position statement on interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound in sports medicine (2015)

Europe

●European Society of MusculoSkeletal Radiology (ESSR): Consensus on clinical indications for musculoskeletal ultrasound, update (2018)

●European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR): Recommendations for the use of imaging in the clinical management of peripheral joint osteoarthritis (2017)

●EULAR: Standardised procedures for ultrasound imaging in rheumatology (2017)

●EULAR: Recommendations for the use of imaging in the diagnosis and management of spondyloarthritis in clinical practice (2015)

●EULAR: Recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis (2013)

●European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB): Guidelines and recommendations on the clinical use of ultrasound elastography – Part 2: Clinical applications (2013)

●ESSR: Musculoskeletal ultrasound technical guidelines (2010)

Australia–New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not use ultrasound guidance to perform injections into the subacromial space as it provides no additional benefit in comparison to landmark-guided injection (2018)