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The EULAR points to consider for health professionals undertaking musculoskeletal ultrasound for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
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  1. Heidi J Siddle1,2,
  2. Peter Mandl3,
  3. Daniel Aletaha3,
  4. Thea P Vliet Vlieland4,
  5. Marina Backhaus5,
  6. Patricia Cornell6,
  7. Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino1,7,
  8. Karen Ellegaard8,
  9. Annamaria Iagnocco9,
  10. Bente Jakobsen10,
  11. Tiina Jasinski11,
  12. Nina H Kildal12,
  13. Michaela Lehner3,
  14. Ingrid Möller13,
  15. Gabriela M Supp3,
  16. Philip O'Connor2,14,
  17. Anthony C Redmond1,2,
  18. Esperanza Naredo15,
  19. Richard J Wakefield1,2
  1. 1Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
  2. 2NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK
  3. 3Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  4. 4Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
  5. 5Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Academic Hospital of the Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  6. 6Department of Rheumatology, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Poole, UK
  7. 7Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France
  8. 8The Parker Institute, Copenhagen University Hospital Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
  9. 9Rheumatology Unit—Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
  10. 10National Advisory Unit on Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
  11. 11Patient Research Partner, Estonian Rheumatism Association, Tallinn, Estonia
  12. 12Faculty of Health and Social Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
  13. 13Instituto Poal de Reumatologia, Barcelona, Spain
  14. 14Department of Radiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
  15. 15Department of Rheumatology, Hospital GU Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Heidi J Siddle, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Chapeltown Road, Leeds LS7 4SA, UK; h.siddle{at}leeds.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210741

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    Musculoskeletal ultrasound has evolved into an important clinical decision-making tool by assisting in the diagnosis of inflammatory arthritis, monitoring disease activity and therapeutic response, and guiding interventions.1–7 The role of the non-medical health professional has advanced, with many undertaking training and using musculoskeletal ultrasound to improve patient care and in doing so, increasing their scope of practice. Health professionals with clinical expertise and experience using ultrasound are also providing training for colleagues and medical clinicians.

    As previously described among rheumatologists,8 ,9 the use of musculoskeletal ultrasound and training undertaken varies significantly between different professional groups and across Europe. Guidelines to support training for rheumatologists have been formulated10 but currently there are no recommendations to support the education and training needs of non-medical health professionals using musculoskeletal ultrasound.

    A European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) task force was established to reach a consensus on the role of, and education and training needs of health professionals undertaking musculoskeletal ultrasound for the management of people with …

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