TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Musculoskeletal A1 - Jones, Robert A1 - Davis, Rick A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Mateer, James R. A2 - Reardon, Robert F. A2 - Byars, Donald V. A2 - Knapp, Barry J. A2 - Laudenbach, Andrew P. Y1 - 2021 N1 - T2 - Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 4e AB - Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) or other acute care setting with a musculoskeletal complaint may represent a diagnostic challenge for the clinician. The first reported study of ultrasound in the evaluation of the musculoskeletal system was by Dussik and colleagues in 1958.1 In this study, the authors were able to measure and describe the acoustic attenuation of articular and periarticular tissues, and this marked the starting point of musculoskeletal ultrasound.1 Ultrasound has a distinctive ability to accurately visualize the soft tissue and musculoskeletal layers; this, coupled with significant advances in ultrasound technology, makes it more widely available at the point of care. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175883086 ER -