作者
Karen Strike, Anthony KC Chan, Monica R Maly, Anastasia NL Newman, Patricia Solomon
发表日期
2022/11/19
来源
Physiotherapy
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background
Point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) is a non-ionizing imaging technique that is emerging in physiotherapy practice.
Objective
To systematically map the research literature on physiotherapist performed POCUS.
Data sources
Following PRISMA-ScR guidelines, OVID Medline, CINAHL, AMED, and EMBASE were searched.
Eligibility criteria
Peer-reviewed publications of physiotherapist performed POCUS were included.
Data extraction and data synthesis
Data collected included: title, author(s), journal, year of publication, design of included studies, sample size, age category of the sample, anatomical area of POCUS, geographical location of research, study setting, and disease condition/patient population. Data analysis consisted of descriptive statistics for the key characteristics of each research question.
Results
A total of 18 217 titles and abstracts and 1 372 full-text citations were screened, with 209 …
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