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Table 2 General characteristics of MSK-US guidelines included in the analysis

From: A critical appraisal of the quality of adult musculoskeletal ultrasound guidelines using the AGREE II tool: an EuroAIM initiative

MSK-US guideline title

Country of origin

Year of publication

Organization

Musculoskeletal ultrasound: technical guidelines [11]

European Union

2010

European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)

Clinical indications for musculoskeletal ultrasound: a Delphi-based consensus paper of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology [1]

European Union

2012

European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)

Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology [14]

European Union

2001

European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Working Group for MSK-US

AIUM Practice Parameter for the Performance of a MSK US Examination [12]

USA

2012

American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)

ACR–AIUM–SPR–SRU Practice Parameter for the Performance of the Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Examination [13]

USA

2014

American College of Radiology (ACR), American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR), Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU)