The Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Foot & Ankle BachelorClass is an in-depth focussed teaching program where you will learn all the necessary basics of musculoskeletal ultrasound of the foot and ankle joint through over 90 short-videos and micro-learning moments to apply this knowledge in your daily practice.
CHAPTERS
– INTRODUCTION TO MSK FOOT AND ANKLE
- Introduction to MSK Foot and Ankle
- Anterior Ankle
- Lateral Ankle
- Medial Ankle
- Posterior Ankle
- Dorsal Foot
- Plantar Foot
- Toes Region
– ANTERIOR ANKLE
- Introduction
- Distal tibiotalar joint
- Lateral collateral ligament
- Medial collateral ligament
- The subtalar joint
- Tendons and retinacula
- M. tibialis anterior
- Extensor tendons
- Anterior synovial recess and tibiofibular syndesmosis
- Anterior talofibular ligament, ATFL
- Tibialis anterior
- Anterior ankle impingement
- Anterior ankle impingement demo
– LATERAL ANKLE
- M. peroneus longus
- M. peroneus brevis
- Retinaculum peroneum
- Tuberculum peroneum
- Peroneal tendons and retinaculum
- Ligamentum calcaneofibulare
- Peroneals – tenosynovitis – tendinosis – rupture
- Discussion: Peroneal tendon pathology
- Case Discussion: Peroneal tendons
- Peroneals – instability and anterior ankle – impingement
– MEDIAL ANKLE
- M. tibialis posterior
- M. flexor hallucis longus
- M. flexor digitorum longus
- M. soleus
- Tibial nerve
- Arteria tibialis posterior and vena comitans
- M. abductor hallucis
- Tibial groove of the tibialis posterior tendon
- M. tibialis posterior
- M. flexor digitorum longus
- M. flexor hallucis longus
- Medioposterior tarsal tunnel overview
- M. soleus
- M. abductor hallucis
- Medial malleolus
- Abnormalities of the tibialis posterior tendon
- Accessory os naviculare / os tibiale externus type 1,2,3
- Discussion: Tibialis tendon pathology
– POSTERIOR ANKLE
- Achilles tendon retrocalcaneal
- Achilles tendon pre-insertional and midportion
- Achilles tendon
- Kager’s fat body
- Midportion and preinsertional pathology of the Achilles tendon
- Preinsertional and insertional pathology of the Achilles tendon
- Discussion: Achilles tendon pathology
- Posterior impingement – stenosis of the FHL
- Case Discussion: Hallucis longus
– DORSAL FOOT
- Osseous and articular
- Skin, fascia and retinacula
- Extensor tendons
- M. extensor hallucis longus
- M. extensor digitorum longus
- Tarsus
- M. extensor hallucis longus and m. extensor digitorum longus
- Osteoarthritis and synovitis of the dorsal foot
- Case Discussion: Fractures
– PLANTAR FOOT
- Soft tissue plantar foot and fascia plantaris
- Extrinsic muscles and tendons
- Subcalcaneal fat chamber structure
- Fascia plantaris, central and lateral bundle
- Extrinsic tendons of the foot
- Fasciitis plantaris, fascial ruptures, plantar fibromatosis, fat chamber lesion
- Case Discussion: Fibromatosis
- Pathological findings and scanning technique fat chambers
– TOES REGION
- First metatarsophalangeal joint complex and interphalangeal joint
- Lesser toes
- Common plantar digital nerves
- Subcapital structures – cartilage, plate, tendon, sheath, fat chambers
- Second and third webspace plantar common digital nerve – Morton neuroma
- Discussion: Morton’s Neuroma
- Case Discussion: Avascular necrosis
- Swelling & Tumours
- Ultrasound cases and pitfalls
- Course Outro
