Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging Evaluation in Physiotherapy: Piloting a Systematic Review.
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2019
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Applied Sciences
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Background: Research of ultrasound use in physiotherapy and daily practice has led to
its use as an everyday tool. Methods: The aims were: (1) Checking the proposed systematic review
protocol methodology; (2) evaluating the evidence from the last five years; and (3) coordinating
the work of the team of reviewers in performing a complete systematic review. Thus, this is a pilot
study prior to a full systematic review. The findings in databases related to health sciences with the
meta-search engine Discovery EBSCO, Covidence, and Revman were used. Inclusion and exclusion
criteria were described for eligibility. Results: Search provided 1029 references regarding the lumbar
region on ultrasound scans. Of these, 33 were duplicates. After Covidence, 996 studies were left for
screening. A full-text reading brought one randomized clinical trial (RCT). Conclusions: Validity and
reliability references were found. The most suitable points were novice versus expert, and ultrasound
versus electromyography (EMG) with just one RCT cohort, and observational and case reports.
The lines of investigation increasingly endorsed the validity of using ultrasound in physiotherapy.
Post-acquisition image analysis could also be a future line of research.
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Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging, Real time ultrasound imaging, Sonography, Echography, Ultrasound, Physiotherapy, Physical therapy, Spine, Lumbar region, Lumbar multifidus