Patient Positioning
Patient lies supine with a small pillow under the dorsal aspect of the ankle or patient may seat on the examination table, knee flexed and the plantar surface of the foot on the table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on a longitudinal plane over the joints of the toe of interest.
MTPJ: metatarsophalangeal joint
MTPJ: metatarsophalangeal joint
Note: Check the joint for effusion, synovial hypertrophy and irregularities of the bone / cartilage. Check the tendons as well – dynamic scanning against resistence can be used to evaluate their integrity.
DIPJ: distal interphalangeal joint