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Table 4 Ultrasound parameters

From: KARAOKE: Krill oil versus placebo in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: protocol for a randomised controlled trial

 

Suprapatellar pouch

Medial para patella

Lateral para patella

Knee position

30 degrees flexion

Neutral

Neutral

Probe plane

Longitudinal

Transverse

Transverse

Probe position

Probe on the distal thigh, at midline, longitudinal to its major axis

One end of the probe over the patella and the other end

over the medial femoral condyle

One end of the probe over the patella and the other end

over the lateral femoral condyle

Modes

GS and PD

GS and PD

GS and PD

Settings

To be optimised once machines known

To be optimised once machines known

To be optimised once machines known

Probe sweep

Move lateral to medial side

Proximal to distal side

Move proximal to distal side

Lesions to score

Synovitis (0–3)

Synovial hypertrophy (0–1)

Effusion (0–1)

Effusion depth (mm)

Synovial power Doppler signal (0–1)

Synovitis (0–3)

Synovial hypertrophy (0–1)

Effusion (0–1)

Effusion depth (mm)

Synovial power Doppler signal (0–1)

Synovitis (0–3)

Synovial hypertrophy (0–1)

Effusion (0–1)

Effusion depth (mm)

Synovial power Doppler signal (0–1)

Images to store

Midline longitudinal with the effusion depth measurement in situ

Representative image

Representative image

  1. GS grey scale, PD power Doppler
  2. Ultrasounds completed in Perth only