PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Whittaker, Jackie L AU - Ellis, Richard AU - Hodges, Paul William AU - OSullivan, Cliona AU - Hides, Julie AU - Fernandez-Carnero, Samuel AU - Arias-Buria, Jose Luis AU - Teyhen, Deydre S AU - Stokes, Maria J TI - Imaging with ultrasound in physical therapy: What is the PT’s scope of practice? A competency-based educational model and training recommendations AID - 10.1136/bjsports-2018-100193 DP - 2019 Dec 01 TA - British Journal of Sports Medicine PG - 1447--1453 VI - 53 IP - 23 4099 - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/23/1447.short 4100 - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/23/1447.full SO - Br J Sports Med2019 Dec 01; 53 AB - Physical therapists employ ultrasound (US) imaging technology for a broad range of clinical and research purposes. Despite this, few physical therapy regulatory bodies guide the use of US imaging, and there are limited continuing education opportunities for physical therapists to become proficient in using US within their professional scope of practice. Here, we (i) outline the current status of US use by physical therapists; (ii) define and describe four broad categories of physical therapy US applications (ie, rehabilitation, diagnostic, intervention and research US); (iii) discuss how US use relates to the scope of high value physical therapy practice and (iv) propose a broad framework for a competency-based education model for training physical therapists in US. This paper only discusses US imaging—not ‘therapeutic’ US. Thus, ‘imaging’ is implicit anywhere the term ‘ultrasound’ is used.