Editorial
I-test: a new clinical education feature for the British Journal of Sports Medicine
Correspondence to:
Bruce B Forster, University of BC, Department of Radiology, UBC Hospital, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2B5; bruce.forster@vch.ca
Accepted 26 January 2009
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As part of the British Journal of Sports Medicine’s (BJSM) emphasis on continuing clinical education, we launch the imaging education feature—"I-test" (imaging test). Each I-test will consist of a short history, key physical examination findings and imaging findings that are needed to arrive at a diagnosis. Images will reflect the breadth of clinical practice and include plain radiographs, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We will emphasise clinical utility—common conditions in which selection of the correct imaging test and interpretation of it will improve patient outcome.
This timely feature is a response to our reader surveys. Imaging continues to be a mainstay in the diagnostic work-up of sports-related injuries. In the US Medicare population, there was a 26% increase in the use of musculoskeletal imaging techniques from 1996 to 2005.1 However, in that same time period, the increase for musculoskeletal MRI examinations was
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