Pre-congress courses

Ultrasonography of the musculoskeletal system
Teachers: Martine De Muynck, Levent Özcakar, Luc Vanden Bossche, Thierry Parlevliet, Els Luypaert

Theoretical approach and individual training.
Maximum number of participants: 50

Audience:
PMR specialists

Aim of the course:

After this pre-congress beginners course, the participants should be able to visualize basic anatomical structures themselves and recognize simple common pathologies in PMR and sports medicine.

The first day will be devoted to the examination of shoulder (morning), hip and knee (afternoon). An experienced sonographer will first demonstrate the examination of the normal joint. Participants will then perform ultrasound themselves under the supervision of 5 teachers. Each session will be concluded by a lecture on common pathologies of the joint and the periarticular soft tissues.

The second day, elbow/wrist/hand (morning) and ankle/foot (afternoon) will be treated in the same way. A closing lecture will be dedicated to the pathologies of muscles, tendons and nerves and to expected evolutions in the near future.

-          Lectures:Martine De Muynck, Levent Ozcakar
-          Practical teaching: Martine De Muynck, Levent Özcakar, Luc Vanden Bossche Thierry Parlevliet


Programme

Day 1: Shoulder, hip, knee

08.00-09.00: short technical introduction, normal shoulder demo

09.00-11.30: practice shoulder/break/practice

11.30-12.00: lecture: shoulder pathology

13.30-14.30: normal hip, knee, demo

14.30-17.30: practice hip, knee/break/practice

17.30-18.00: lecture: pathology hip, knee


Day 2: Elbow and wrists, ankle, foot and nerves

08.00-09.00: normal elbow and wrist, demo

09.00-11.30: practice elbow, wrist/break/practice

11.30-12.00: lecture: pathology muscles, tendons, nerves

13.30-14.30: normal ankle, foot, demo

14.30-17.00: practice ankle, foot/break/practice

17.00-18.00: lecture: other pathology (tumors…), infiltrations; future