Patient Positioning
Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm down resting on the examination table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on a longitudinal planes over the tendons of interest. Do not use any pressure – especially while looking for effusion or using doppler mode. Injection ist performed in plane or out of plane.
note: patient with SLE and tenosynovitis of the fourth extensor tendon comparment. Injection with steroids and a local anesthetic in plane.