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MSK Ultrasound Workshop

APLAR Congress Workshop

The workshop agenda and associated costs will be provided in due course.

Time
3 Sep 0800-1745
4 Sep 0800-1630

Cost
MSUS – Full delegate 2 day – $650.00
MSUS – AYR delegate 2 day – $450.00

Synopsis

  • Application, indications, and limitations of MSUS in rheumatology
  • Physical and technical principles of ultrasound
  • Sonographic appearance of musculoskeletal structures
  • Artifacts and pitfalls in MSUS
  • Standard scans of hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle, and foot
  • Handling of the ultrasound device
  • Image optimization
  • Documentation of the ultrasound image and potential findings
  • Pathologies – synovitis, tenosynovitis, bursitis, enthesitis, erosion, enthesophyte, osteophyte, and crystal deposition
Agenda - Day 1 | Wednesday 3 September
0800-1030
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Opening
Kei Ikeda

Physics, machine settings, and artifacts
Phonpen Akarawatcharangura

Normal tissues and pathologies 1 (synovitis, tenosynovitis, bone erosion)
Nabeel Abdulla

Sonoanatomy and pathologies: finger and wrist
Gavin Lee
1030-1045
BREAK
1045-1230
Demo + hands-on (Finger)
Nabeel Abdulla, Phonpen Akarawatcharangura, Kei Ikeda, Helen Keen, Yasushi Kondo, Kok Ooi Kong, Yuji Miyoshi, Michihiro Ogasawara

Demo + hands-on (Wrist)
Nabeel Abdulla, Yan Geng, Kei Ikeda, Helen Keen, Yasushi Kondo, Gavin Lee, Kenta Misaki, Ryo Rokutanda
1230-1310
LUNCH
1310-1500
MSUS in rheumatoid arthritis
Kok Ooi Kong

Sonoanatomy and pathologies: elbow and knee
Yan Geng

Demo + hands-on (Elbow)
Nabeel Abdulla, Yan Geng, Helen Keen, Kok Ooi Kong, Kenta Misaki, Yuji Miyoshi, Michihiro Ogasawara, Ryo Rokutanda
1500-1515
BREAK
1515-1745
Demo + hands-on (Knee)
Nabeel Abdulla, Phonpen Akarawatcharangura, Yan Geng, Kei Ikeda, Helen Keen, Yasushi Kondo, Kok Ooi Kong, Gavin Lee

Normal tissues and pathologies 2 (bursitis, tendinitis, enthesitis, enthesophyte)
Helen Keen

Sonoanatomy and pathologies: shoulder
Kei Ikeda

Demo + hands-on (Shoulder)
Phonpen Akarawatcharangura, Kei Ikeda, Kok Ooi Kong, Gavin Lee, Kenta Misaki, Yuji Miyoshi, Michihiro Ogasawara, Ryo Rokutanda
Q&A
Agenda - Day 2 | Thursday 4 September
0800-1030
MSUS in psoriatic/spondyloarthritis
Kenta Misaki

MSUS in osteoarthritis and degenerative changes
Helen Keen

Sonoanatomy and pathologies: hip
Ryo Rokutanda

Demo + hands-on (Hip)
Nabeel Abdulla, Phonpen Akarawatcharangura, Yan Geng, Kei Ikeda, Yasushi Kondo, Gavin Lee, Kenta Misaki, Yuji Miyoshi, Ryo Rokutanda
1030-1045
BREAK
1045-1245
Sonoanatomy and pathologies: ankle and toe
Gavin Lee

Demo + hands-on (Ankle and toe)
Nabeel Abdulla, Yan Geng, Helen Keen, Gavin Lee, Kenta Misaki, Yuji Miyoshi, Michihiro Ogasawara, Ryo Rokutanda

MSUS in crystal-induced arthritis
Michihiro Ogasawara
1245-1330
LUNCH
1330-1440
Documentation of MSUS findings
Yuji Miyoshi

Demo + hands-on (Patients)
Phonpen Akarawatcharangura, Kei Ikeda, Helen Keen, Yasushi Kondo, Gavin Lee, Kenta Misaki, Michihiro Ogasawara, Ryo Rokutanda
1440-1450
BREAK
1450-1620
Demo + hands-on (Patients)
Nabeel Abdulla, Phonpen Akarawatcharangura, Yan Geng, Yasushi Kondo, Kenta Misaki, Yuji Miyoshi, Michihiro Ogasawara, Ryo Rokutanda

Arthrocentesis, injection, and biopsy
Yasushi Kondo

Q&A
Helen Keen

Clsoing
Gavin Lee

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