Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome and introduction

    • Introducing the speakers

    • Ultrasound language

    • SonoSkills Scanning Checklist: Operator

    • SonoSkills Scanning Checklist: System

    • SonoSkills Scanning Checklist: Transducer

    • SonoSkills Pathology Checklist

    • Checklist Example - Case 1

    • Checklist Example - Case 2

    • Starting off shoulder assessment

    • Clinical shoulder tests

    • Quiz: Introduction chapter

  • 2

    Long head of the biceps tendon

    • Long head of biceps - anatomy

    • Long head of biceps - sonoanatomy

    • Quiz: Long head of the biceps anatomy

    • Long head of the biceps tendon - hands on SAX

    • Long head of the biceps tendon - hands on LAX

    • Long head of the biceps tendon detailed - hands on SAX

    • Measuring the intertubercular groove and LHB tendon - SAX

    • Assessing the LHB tendon stability - SAX

    • Quiz: Long head of the biceps sonoanatomy

    • Long head of the biceps tendon part 1 - sonopathology

    • Long head of the biceps tendon part 2 - sonopathology

    • Want to learn more...?

    • Biceps case #1

    • Biceps case #2

    • Biceps case #3

    • Biceps case #4

    • Biceps case #5

    • Quiz: Long head of the biceps pathology
  • 3

    Pectoralis major

    • Pectoralis major - anatomy

    • Pectoralis major - sonoanatomy

    • Pectoralis major - LAX

    • Pectoralis major - SAX

    • Pectoralis major - sonopathology

    • Pectoralis major case #1

    • Quiz: Pectoralis major
  • 4

    Rotator interval

    • Rotator interval - anatomy

    • Rotator interval - sonoanatomy

    • Rotator interval and biceps stability - SAX

    • Rotator interval incl doppler - LAX

    • Rotator interval - sonopathology

    • Frozen shoulder - sonopathology

    • Quiz: Rotator interval
  • 5

    Subscapularis

    • Subscapularis - anatomy

    • Subscapularis - sonoanatomy

    • Subscapularis - hands on LAX

    • Subscapularis - hands on SAX

    • Subscapularis vs coracoid process - hands on LAX

    • Quiz: Subscapularis (sono)anatomy

    • Subscapularis part 1 - sonopathology

    • Subscapularis part 2 - sonopathology

    • Subscapularis case #1

    • Subscapularis case #2

    • Subscapularis case #3

    • Want to learn more...?

    • Quiz: Subscapularis sonopathology
  • 6

    Coracoid process

    • Coracoid process - anatomy

    • Coracoid process - sonoanatomy

    • Coracoid process bone - LAX and SAX

    • Coracobrachialis and short head of the biceps - SAX

    • Coracobrachialis and short head of the biceps - LAX

    • Pectoralis minor - SAX

    • Pectoralis minor - LAX

    • Coracoacromial ligament - hands on LAX

    • Coracohumeral ligament - LAX

    • Quiz: Coracoid process (sono)anatomy

    • Coracoid process - sonopathology

    • Coracoid process case #1

    • Quiz: Coracoid process sonopathology
  • 7

    Recommended reading

    • Recommended musculoskeletal and sports ultrasound terminology a Delphi based consensus statement 2022

    • Artifacts in Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography- From Physics to Clinics 2020

    • Clinical indications for musculoskeletal ultrasound updated in 2017 by European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology consensus 2018

    • The aponeurotic expansion of the supraspinatus tendon- anatomy and prevalence in a series of 150 shoulder MRIs 2014

    • Pectoralis major tears- anatomy, classification, and diagnosis with ultrasound and MR imaging 2014

    • Ultrasound features of painful intraosseous migration of pectoralis major tendinous calcifcations with follow‑up 2019

    • The Rotator Interval – A Link Between Anatomy and Ultrasound 2017

    • The relationship of the anterior articular capsule to the adjacent subscapularis- An anatomic and histological study 2017

    • Ultrasound evaluation of bursae- anatomy and pathological appearances 2017

    • Ultrasound of the coracoacromial ligament in asymptomatic volunteers and patients with shoulder impingement 2015
  • 8

    What's next on your shoulder learning curve?

    • Suggested online and/or hands-on training to boost your shoulder skills to the next level 🚀