Joint ultrasound examination is an affordable and informative method that allows assessing both bone and cartilage structures and soft tissue structures, such as muscles, tendons, and ligaments, which is absolutely impossible during X-ray examination. Ultrasound examination enables early detection of inflammatory and destructive changes in joints and soft tissue components, determination of the presence of minimum amounts of free fluid in the joint cavity, as well as assessment of the nature of the fluid. Advantages of ultrasound examination:

• Diagnosis is performed in real-time, allowing examination of the joint in motion
• High-sensitivity equipment reflects the structure of collagen fibers
• Unlike X-ray examination, it’s possible to detect fluid in the joint cavity
• After treatment, an ultrasound examination allows assessing the effectiveness of the treatment

During an ultrasound examination, shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, ankle joints, wrist joints, and calcaneus are examined.