Patient Positioning
Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm down resting on a examination table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on transverse planes over the joints and digits of interest. Follow the tendons from cranial to distal. Do not use any pressure – especially while looking for effusion or using doppler mode.
note: ultrasound guided infiltration oft the mcp joint and periarticular inflammation
note: infiltrated joint with articular and periarticular inflammation, erosions and subluxation