PTNarrative ReviewInternational journal of sports physical therapy2024

Diagnostic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound for Medial Collateral Ligament Injuries: Applications in Rehabilitation.

Robert C Manske, Michael Voight, Chris Wolfe, Phil Page

PMID 39246412

WHAT IT FOUND

This review describes how ultrasound can image medial collateral ligament injuries but reports no patient outcomes or diagnostic accuracy data.

It offers no evidence that this method changes rehabilitation results compared to standard care.

What this paper is

This is a narrative review describing how musculoskeletal ultrasound is used to diagnose medial collateral ligament injuries. It explains the technique and its theoretical advantages but reports no new patients, trials, or outcome data, so there are no findings here to change clinical practice.

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