Physiotherapist performed Point of Care Ultrasonography (POCUS): a scoping review of 209 studies.

Autor: Strike K; School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Science, McMaster University, Institute for Applied Health Sciences (IAHS) Building, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8C1C7. Electronic address: christkl@mcmaster.ca., Chan AKC; Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Health Sciences Centre, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8S4K1., Maly MR; Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Canada N2L3G1., Newman ANL; School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Science, McMaster University, Institute for Applied Health Sciences (IAHS) Building, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8C1C7., Solomon P; School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Science, McMaster University, Institute for Applied Health Sciences (IAHS) Building, 1400 Main Street West, Hamilton, Canada L8C1C7.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physiotherapy [Physiotherapy] 2023 Jun; Vol. 119, pp. 34-43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 19.
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2022.11.005
Abstrakt: 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 studies included. Most included studies were measurement studies that assessed the psychometric properties of POCUS in adult patients, were published in the United States of America and imaged the abdominal lumbo-pelvic region. Eighty-two percent of studies were published in the last 10 years.
Limitations: Non-English language, review articles and grey literature were excluded for feasibility. Studies were excluded if it was not clearly reported that a physiotherapist performed the POCUS.
Conclusion: This review identified a wide variety of practice settings and a diverse number of patient conditions in which physiotherapists are performing POCUS. This breadth and depth of this review highlighted the need for improved reporting of study methodology and key areas of future research in physiotherapy performed POCUS. CONTRIBUTION OF THE PAPER.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interest Anthony Chan is supported by Hamilton Health Sciences and the McMaster Children’s Hospital/Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation Chair in Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis. Monica R. Maly is funded by The Arthritis Society and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis. The funders played no role in the design, conduct or reporting of this review.
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