Guidelines for neuromuscular ultrasound training

Tawfik EA 1 , Cartwright MS 2 , Grimm A 3 , Boon AJ 4 , Kerasnoudis A 5 , Preston DC 6 Show all authors , Wilder-Smith E 7 , Axer H 8 , Hobson-Webb LD 9 , van Alfen N 10 , Crump N 11 , Shahrizaila N 12 , Inkpen P 13 , Mandeville R 14 , Sakamuri S 15 , Shook SJ 16 , Shin S 17 , Walker FO 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
  • 2 Department of Neurology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  • 3 Department of Neurology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
  • 4 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
  • 5 Department of Neurology, St Josef Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
  • 6 Neurological Institute, University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 7 Department of Neurology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore
  • 8 Hans Berger Department of Neurology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
  • 9 Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Division, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
  • 10 Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  • 11 Department of Neurology, Austin Health and University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
  • 12 Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 13 Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • 14 Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California
  • 15 Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California
  • 16 Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 17 Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Muscle Nerve, 2019 10;60(4):361-366.
PMID: 31335971 DOI: 10.1002/mus.26642

Abstract

Neuromuscular ultrasound has become an essential tool in the diagnostic evaluation of various neuromuscular disorders, and, as such, there is growing interest in neuromuscular ultrasound training. Effective training is critical in mastering this modality. Our aim was to develop consensus-based guidelines for neuromuscular ultrasound training courses. A total of 18 experts participated. Expert opinion was sought through the Delphi method using 4 consecutive electronic surveys. A high degree of consensus was achieved with regard to the general structure of neuromuscular ultrasound training; the categorization of training into basic, intermediate, and advanced levels; the learning objectives; and the curriculum for each level. In this study, a group of neuromuscular ultrasound experts established consensus-based guidelines for neuromuscular ultrasound training. These guidelines can be used in the development of the specialty and the standardization of neuromuscular ultrasound training courses and workshops.

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