Patient Positioning
Patient seated in front of the examiner, hand palm resting on a examination table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on a longitudinal planes over the joints 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 or against resistance to check the pulleys.
Note: Tenosynovitis of the flexor tendons with effusion and positive doppler signal in a patient with Spondyloarthritis
e: peritendinous effusion
Note: Tenosynovitis of the flexor tendon compartment of the third finger with peritendinous effusion and mild subcutaneous edema