Imaging with ultrasound in physical therapy: What is the PT’s scope of practice? A competency-based educational model and training recommendations.
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2019
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British Journal of Sports Medicine
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Abstract
Physical therapists employ ultrasound (US) imaging
technology for a broad range of clinical and research
purposes. Despite this, few physical therapy regulatory
bodies guide the use of US imaging, and there are
limited continuing education opportunities for physical
therapists to become proficient in using US within
their professional scope of practice. Here, we (i) outline
the current status of US use by physical therapists; (ii)
define and describe four broad categories of physical
therapy US applications (ie, rehabilitation, diagnostic,
intervention and research US); (iii) discuss how US
use relates to the scope of high value physical therapy
practice and (iv) propose a broad framework for a
competency-based
education model for training physical
therapists in US. This paper only discusses US imaging—
not ’therapeutic’ US. Thus, ’imaging’ is implicit anywhere
the term ’ultrasound’ is used.