Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1 - Hip transducer positions

    • Ventral hip - anterior joint recess and iliopsoas tendon

    • Ventral hip - rectus femoris muscle and direct tendon

    • Ventral hip - femoral neurovascular bundle

    • Ventral hip - sartorius

    • Medial hip - adductors

    • Lateral hip - gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, trochantor bursa

    • Lateral hip - tensor fasciae latae

    • Posterior hip - hamstrings

    • Posterior hip - sciatic nerve

    • Quiz: Hip scanning
  • 2

    Chapter 2 - Knee transducer positions

    • Suprapatellar - longitudinal

    • Suprapatellar - transverse

    • Prepatellar - longitudinal

    • Infrapatellar - longitudinal

    • Infrapatellar - transverse

    • Trochlea - transverse

    • Patellofemoral joint, medial patellofemoral ligament and medial retinaculum - longitudinal

    • Medial collateral ligament, medial meniscus, pes anserinus - longitudinal

    • Medial tendons, semimembranosus gastrocnemius bursa - transverse

    • Medial tendons, semimembranosus gastrocnemius bursa - longitudinal

    • Neurovascular bundle, popliteal fossa - transverse

    • Knee joint, fabella, posterior horn lateral meniscus - longitudinal

    • Long and short head of the biceps femoris - longitudinal

    • Long and short head of the biceps femoris - transverse

    • Common peroneal nerve - transverse

    • Lateral collateral ligament, lateral meniscus - longitudinal

    • Iliotibial tract - longitudinal

    • Quiz: Knee scanning
  • 3

    Chapter 3 - Ankle transducer positions

    • Plantar fascia - longitudinal

    • Posterior ankle - Achilles tendon - longitudinal

    • Posterior ankle - Achilles tendon - transverse

    • Lateral ankle - Peroneal tendons

    • Lateral ankle - Calcaneofibular ligament

    • Lateral ankle - Anterior talofibular ligament

    • Ventral ankle - Anterior tibiofibular ligament

    • Ventral ankle - talocrural joint

    • Medial ankle - Tarsal tunnel and flexor hallucis longus

    • Medial ankle - Deltoid ligament

    • Quiz: Ankle scanning