Patient Positioning
Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm up resting on a examination table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on a transverse planes over the joints, muscles and tendons of interest. Do not use any pressure – especially while looking for effusion or using doppler mode. Use dynamic scanning to check the movement of the tendons during flexion / extension.
note: patient with longlasting rheumatoid arthritis and tear of the flexor tendons and effusion
fP: flexor digitorum profundus
fs: flexor digitorum superficialis
e: effusion
t: tear