Ultrasound in Sports Medicine: Current Concepts and Advances

Dear Colleagues,

Ultrasound imaging is a trending tool in the sports medicine field that is becoming increasingly dynamic. Novel static and dynamic evaluations are proposed in order to improve musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging for joint, nerve, muscle, tendon, and ligament structures. New tools and software have been developed in order to obtain promising high-quality ultrasound images and novel pixel analyses.

Thus, ultrasonography may be considered a useful tool in sports medicine, permitting non-invasive, inexpensive, and portable use. Currently, morphological and functional changes may be evaluated with this tool in several structures of the locomotor system. Additionally, ultrasonography has been used as a visual biofeedback tool in order to re-educate deep muscle contraction in sports teams. In addition, metabolic altercations and body composition have been reflected in the ultrasound imaging of athletes. Further research is needed in order to offer a better understanding of ultrasound imaging in sports medicine.

According to these considerations, it is a pleasure to announce that Medicina is launching this Special Issue entitled “Ultrasound in Sports Medicine: Current Concepts and Advances”.

We encourage you and your colleagues to submit your articles reporting on this topic. Meta-analysis, reviews, or original articles such as reliability, validity, descriptive, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort, quasi-experimental, or clinical trials studies dealing with ultrasound imaging in sports medicine are particularly welcome. In addition, we warmly invite you to submit articles reporting new devices or applications of ultrasound imaging, with a special focus on pixel analysis.

Prof. Dr. César Calvo-Lobo
Prof. Dr. Daniel López-López
Prof. Dr. David Rodríguez Sanz
Prof. Dr. Ricardo Becerro de Bengoa Vallejo
Prof. Dr. Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias
Guest Editors

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