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Expert ultrasound of the elbow joint according to international standards: protocol and pathology.
16academic hours
Expertlevel
Distance learningmode of study
Course curriculum
- Anatomy and biomechanics of the elbow joint
- Overview of elbow structures - joints, ligaments, fat pads, muscles, tendons, cartilage, aponeuroses, bursae, recesses and peripheral nerves
- Elbow scanning protocol
- Step-by-step guide to ultrasound examination of the elbow joint, with emphasis on functional tests and optimization of patient positioning
- Ultrasound diagnosis of elbow fractures
- Identification of fractures and associated features, including callus and transchondral fractures
- Recommendations for report preparation
- Assessment of effusion in the elbow joint
- Diagnosis and classification of effusions, synovial hypertrophy, bursitis
- Methods of description in reports
- Pathologies of the tendons and ligaments of the elbow
- Analysis of typical lesions, including epicondylitis and tendon tears
- Elastography in diagnosis
- Clinical guidelines and reporting examples
- Neurological aspects
- Ultrasound examination of tunnel syndromes of the elbow joint, including cubital and radial tunnel syndromes, and methods for documenting them
- Ultrasound guidance for punctures and injections
- Application of ultrasound for the precise performance of procedures in the elbow joint
- Drafting an ultrasound report
- Recommendations for generating the examination report, including a detailed description of detected pathologies and clinical recommendations
An advanced course on the elbow. You will master a standardized protocol and the expert assessment of the tendons, ligaments, and nerves of the elbow joint.
Leading instructor of the MEDTRAIN Training Center, physician in ultrasound and functional diagnostics
Ultrasound diagnostics physician, Member of the Eurasian Association of Ultrasound and Functional Diagnostics Specialists. Member of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.
Knyazev Konstantin Andreevich is a practising specialist with a foundational clinical background in internal medicine and many years of experience in ultrasound and functional diagnostics. He graduated from the Ural State Medical Academy with a degree in General Medicine (2012), completed an internship in internal medicine (2013), and subsequently underwent professional retraining in Ultrasound Diagnostics and Functional Diagnostics.
Konstantin Andreevich is a member of the Eurasian Association of Specialists in Ultrasound and Functional Diagnostics, as well as a member of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. A leading instructor at the MEDTRAIN Training Centre and chair of the examination board, he has developed and teaches more than 25 educational courses and training cycles devoted to the modern capabilities of ultrasound and functional diagnostics.
Konstantin Andreevich's professional interests include neurosonography, paediatric echocardiography with the diagnosis of congenital heart defects, ultrasound assessment of the lower-limb arteries, and ultrasound monitoring of arterial shunts and endovascular interventions. In his teaching he combines current international guidelines with clinical cases, paying particular attention to practical skills and the safe application of ultrasound techniques in real clinical practice.
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