Impact of Adequate Disinfection Techniques for Ultrasound-Guided Injections in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Search Strategy
2.3. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
2.4. Selection of Sources of Evidence
2.5. Data Extraction
2.6. Synthesis of Results
3. Results
3.1. Study Selection
3.2. Patients’ Characteristics
3.3. Intervention
3.4. Skin Preparation, Disinfection, and Sterility
3.5. US Probe Preparation
3.6. Adverse Effects
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
OA | osteoarthritis |
RCT | randomised clinical trial |
US | ultrasound |
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Disease | Patients | Disease | Patients |
---|---|---|---|
Gleonohumeral OA | 95 | Shoulder pain | 845 |
Acromion Clavicular OA | 20 | SASD bursitis | 186 |
Elbow OA | 80 | Hemiplegic shoulder pain | 111 |
Wrist | 120 | Tendinopathy | 396 |
Trapezio-Metacarpal OA | 121 | Epicondylopathy | 203 |
Hip OA | 910 | LBP | 40 |
Knee OA | 1151 | Sacroiliac joint disease | 190 |
Ankle OA | 144 | CTS | 232 |
Diffuse inflammatory OA | 408 | Trigger Finger | 36 |
AC | 992 | Knee effusion | 64 |
Shoulder calcific tendinopathy | 191 | Bone fractures | 30 |
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Alito, A.; de Sire, A.; Di Gesù, M.; Buccheri, E.; Borzelli, D.; Chiaramonte, R.; Longo, U.G.; Ammendolia, A.; Vecchio, M.; Bruschetta, D. Impact of Adequate Disinfection Techniques for Ultrasound-Guided Injections in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review. Diagnostics 2025, 15, 933. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15070933
Alito A, de Sire A, Di Gesù M, Buccheri E, Borzelli D, Chiaramonte R, Longo UG, Ammendolia A, Vecchio M, Bruschetta D. Impact of Adequate Disinfection Techniques for Ultrasound-Guided Injections in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review. Diagnostics. 2025; 15(7):933. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15070933
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlito, Angelo, Alessandro de Sire, Marco Di Gesù, Enrico Buccheri, Daniele Borzelli, Rita Chiaramonte, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Antonio Ammendolia, Michele Vecchio, and Daniele Bruschetta. 2025. "Impact of Adequate Disinfection Techniques for Ultrasound-Guided Injections in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review" Diagnostics 15, no. 7: 933. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15070933
APA StyleAlito, A., de Sire, A., Di Gesù, M., Buccheri, E., Borzelli, D., Chiaramonte, R., Longo, U. G., Ammendolia, A., Vecchio, M., & Bruschetta, D. (2025). Impact of Adequate Disinfection Techniques for Ultrasound-Guided Injections in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation: A Scoping Review. Diagnostics, 15(7), 933. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics15070933