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Table 4 Themes and commonly reported terms

From: The evaluation of podiatrists, with knowledge and training in diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound, to describe sonographic images of diabetic foot wounds in the United Kingdom and Australia

Theme

Most commonly used terms and frequency

Soft tissue

Wound/ulceration (151); soft tissue (45), tendon (28), oedema (21), skin (13)

Morphology

Irregular (17), sinus (16), tracking (10), regular (9), Shallow (6)

Bone

Bone (84), joint (23), metatarsal head (19), osteomyelitis (19), styloid process (7)

Sonography terms

Deep/depth (48), hypoechoic (45), transverse (16), diameter (15), measuring (13)