Patient Positioning
Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm down resting on a examination table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on longitudinal planes over the joints and digits of interest. Do not use any pressure – especially while looking for effusion or using doppler mode.
mcj: metacarpophalangeal joint
e: effusion
Note: Synovitis of the mcj in a patient with rheumatic arthritis with effusion, synovial hypertrophy and neovascularization