A critical appraisal of the quality of adult musculoskeletal ultrasound guidelines using the AGREE II tool: an EuroAIM initiative.

Carmelo MessinaBianca BignottiAlberto TagliaficoDavide OrlandiAngelo CorazzaFrancesco SardanelliLuca Maria Sconfienza

Published in: Insights into imaging (2017)

• Four of five guidelines on MSK-US had an average quality level. • Scope/purpose had the highest score (71.1% ± 18.7%). • Editorial independence had the lowest score (26.3% ± 19.3%). • Interobserver agreement was very good (ranges: 0.932-0.956).

Keyphrases

quality improvement
clinical practice
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
ultrasound guided