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Day 1April 20, 2023
12:00 – 14:30Check In & Registration
14:30 – 14:45Welcome and overview
  • Objectives and content of the course
    		• G. Radunovic
    Chairs:
    14:45 – 15:05History, development, and physics of MSUS
  • Technical characteristics of US equipments appropriate for rheumatic and musculoskeletal Diseases
  • Holding the probe. B-mode settings optimization. B-mode artefacts and pitfalls
    		• B. Barac
    15:05 – 15:25US appearance of the musculoskeletal structures
  • Tendons, muscles, ligaments, nerves, articular cartilage, joint space, joint recesses, joint capsules, and bone profile
    		• F. Porta
    15:25 – 15:55COFFEE BREAK
    15:55 – 17:30Workshop – all participants
  • Supervised handling of the probe
  • US appearance of structures (i.e. tendons, muscles, ligaments, nerves, articular cartilage, joints, and bone profile)
  • B-mode artefacts and pitfalls
    		• All the faculty
    members
    Day 2April 21, 2023
    Chairs:
    08:30 – 09:15Basic abnormalities - joint effusion and synovial hypertrophy, tenosynovitis, enthesopathy, tendon rupture, bursitis,
    calcifications, bone abnormalities, cartilage damage)    		N. Damjanov
    09:15 – 09:45Application, indications, and limitations of MSUS in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseasesN. Damjanov
    09:45 – 10:20Lecture
  • Msk anatomy of the ankle and foot (15 mins)
  • Standardised scanning of the ankle and foot (20mins)
    		• P. Mandl
    10:20 – 10:50COFFEE BREAK
    10:50 – 12:10Workshop – all participants
  • Supervised standardized scanning of ankle and foot (models)
    		• All the faculty
    members
    12:10 – 13:40LUNCH
    Chairs:
    13:40 – 14:15Lecture
  • Msk anatomy of the shoulder (15min)
  • Standardised scanning of the shoulder (20 mins)
    		•  G. Filippou
    14:15 – 14:35Lecture
  • Msk anatomy of the hip and standardised scanning of the hip (20 mins)
    		• M. Mayer
    14:35 – 15:05COFFEE BREAK
    15:05 – 16:25Workshop – all participants
  • Supervised standardised scanning of the shoulder (models)
    		• All the faculty
    members
    16:25 – 17:30Workshop – all participants
  • Supervised standardized scanning of the hip (models)
    		• All the faculty
    members
    Day 3April 22, 2023
    Chairs:
    08:30 – 09:05Lecture
  • Msk anatomy of the elbow (15 mins)
  • Standardised scanning of the elbow (20 mins)
    		• F. Vreju
    09:05 – 09:40Lecture
  • Msk anatomy of the knee (15 mins)
  • Standardised scanning of the knee (20 mins)
    		• P. Peric
    09:40 – 11:00Workshop – all participants
  • Supervised standardised scanning of the elbow (models)
    		• All the faculty
    members
    11:00 – 12:20Workshop – all participants
  • Supervised standardized scanning of the knee (models)
    		• All the faculty
    members
    12:20 – 12:50COFFEE BREAK
    Chairs:
    12:50 – 13:25Lecture
  • Msk anatomy of the wrist & hand (models)
    (15 mins)
  • Standardised scanning of the wrist & hand (models)
    (20 mins)
    		• E. Fillippucci
    13:25 – 14:45Workshop – all participants
  • Supervised standardised scanning of the wrist &
    hand (models)
    		• All the faculty
    members
    14:45 – 15:15Lecture
  • Msk anatomy of the spine and standardised scanning of the spine (20 mins)
  • Live demo
    		• P. Todorov
    15:15 – 15:25Closing Remarks