The accuracy of diagnostic ultrasound imaging for musculoskeletal soft tissue pathology of the extremities: a comprehensive review of the literature

Table 11 Wrist/Hand: Study Characteristics

Study	Target Condition	Number of studies (Systematic Review)	Subjects	Mean Age (years)	Mean time from injury to ultrasound	Ultrasound transducer frequency (MHz)	Ultrasound reviewers
	Systematic Review
Cartwright et al., 2012 [81]	CTS	45	1450	N/S	N/S	N/S	RAD and Non-RAD
Descatha et al., 2012 [82]	CTS	13	456	N/S	N/S	3.0 to 13	RAD and Non-RAD
Roll et al., 2011 [83]	CTS	23	890	48	N/S	5.0 to 18	RAD and Non-RAD
Beekman et al., 2003 [80]	CTS	7	268	N/S	N/S	7.0 to 10	RAD and Non-RAD
	Diagnostic Study
Deniz et al., 2012 [84]	CTS	-	54	46	N/S	10	RAD
Kim et al., 2012 [85]	CTS	-	135	53	N/S	N/S	N/S
Moghtaderi et al., 2012 [86]	CTS	-	79	43	N/S	10 to 13	RAD
Ooi et al., 2014 [87]	CTS	-	51	55	N/S	5.0 to 17	Non-RAD
Tajika et al., 2013 [88]	CTS	-	79	58.6	N/S	6.0 to 14	Non-RAD
Chuter et al., 2009 [90]	Ligament Injury	-	127	40	N/S	N/S	N/S
Dao et al., 2004 [91]	Ligament Injury	-	32	29	N/S	5.0 to 10	RAD
Finlay et al., 2004 [92]	Ligament Injury	-	26	34	N/S	9.0 to 13	RAD
Hergan et al., 1995 [93]	Ligament Injury	-	17	N/S	N/S	N/S	N/S
Melville et al., 2013 [96]	Ligament Injury	-	26	40	33 days	10 to 17	RAD
Taljanovic et al., 2008 [98]	Ligament Injury	-	16	36.4	<12 months	9.0 to 12	RAD
Choi et al., 2011 [89]	DQ	-	13	52.4	19 months	5.0 to 17	RAD
Kwon et al., 2010 [95]	DQ	-	40	51	7.5 months	12 to 15	RAD
Kuwano et al., 2009 [94]	Ganglion	-	183	N/S	N/S	8.5	N/S
Osterwalder et al., 1997 [97]	Ganglion	-	83	N/S	N/S	7.5	RAD
-	Guyons canal	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	WS	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Rugby/jersey finger	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Trigger Finger	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	IS	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	T (O)	-	-	-	-	-	-

N/S not stated; RAD Radiologist; DQ de Quervains; IS intersection syndrome; T (O) tendinopathy (other); CTS carpal tunnel syndrome; WS Wartenberg syndrome