Ultrasound in pregnancy

[stephani]

Can we give ultrasound on SI joint for a pregnant lady in 2nd or 3rd trimester? What do you all say since we are not giving it over pregnant uterus or fetus?

[Canuck Physio]

No pregnant or potentially pregnant patient should ever receive ultrasound therapy in any area of the body which is likely to result in exposure to the fetus. Overheating of the fetus could result. The fetus is at particularly high risk during the first trimester, during the period of organogenesis

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77. D.C. Reid (1981), "Possible Contraindications and Precautions Associated with Ultrasound Therapy", In: A. Mortimer, N. Lee (eds.), Proceedings of International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound, Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Winnipeg.

78. E.M. Oakley (1978), "Dangers and Contraindications of Therapeutic Ultrasound", Physiotherapy, Vol. 64, p. 174.