Research ArticleArticle
Novel Ultrasound Joint Selection Methods Using a Reduced Joint Number Demonstrate Inflammatory Improvement when Compared to Existing Methods and Disease Activity Score at 28 Joints
York Kiat Tan, John C. Allen Jr., Weng Kit Lye, Philip G. Conaghan, Maria Antonietta D’Agostino, Li-Ching Chew and Julian Thumboo
The Journal of Rheumatology December 2015, jrheum.150590; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.150590
York Kiat Tan
From the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France. Grant support from the Khoo Clinical Scholars Pilot Award. Y.K. Tan, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J.C. Allen Jr, PhD, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; W.K. Lye, MSc, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines; L.C. Chew, BMED, SCI, BMBS, MRCP, FAMS, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J. Thumboo, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, FAMS, FRCP, Vice Chair for Research, Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Adjunct Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Address correspondence to Dr. Y.K. Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. E-mail: tan.york.kiat@singhealth.com.sg. Accepted for publication September 30, 2015.
John C. Allen Jr.
From the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France. Grant support from the Khoo Clinical Scholars Pilot Award. Y.K. Tan, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J.C. Allen Jr, PhD, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; W.K. Lye, MSc, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines; L.C. Chew, BMED, SCI, BMBS, MRCP, FAMS, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J. Thumboo, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, FAMS, FRCP, Vice Chair for Research, Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Adjunct Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Address correspondence to Dr. Y.K. Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. E-mail: tan.york.kiat@singhealth.com.sg. Accepted for publication September 30, 2015.
Weng Kit Lye
From the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France. Grant support from the Khoo Clinical Scholars Pilot Award. Y.K. Tan, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J.C. Allen Jr, PhD, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; W.K. Lye, MSc, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines; L.C. Chew, BMED, SCI, BMBS, MRCP, FAMS, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J. Thumboo, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, FAMS, FRCP, Vice Chair for Research, Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Adjunct Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Address correspondence to Dr. Y.K. Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. E-mail: tan.york.kiat@singhealth.com.sg. Accepted for publication September 30, 2015.
Philip G. Conaghan
From the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France. Grant support from the Khoo Clinical Scholars Pilot Award. Y.K. Tan, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J.C. Allen Jr, PhD, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; W.K. Lye, MSc, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines; L.C. Chew, BMED, SCI, BMBS, MRCP, FAMS, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J. Thumboo, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, FAMS, FRCP, Vice Chair for Research, Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Adjunct Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Address correspondence to Dr. Y.K. Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. E-mail: tan.york.kiat@singhealth.com.sg. Accepted for publication September 30, 2015.
Maria Antonietta D’Agostino
From the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France. Grant support from the Khoo Clinical Scholars Pilot Award. Y.K. Tan, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J.C. Allen Jr, PhD, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; W.K. Lye, MSc, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines; L.C. Chew, BMED, SCI, BMBS, MRCP, FAMS, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J. Thumboo, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, FAMS, FRCP, Vice Chair for Research, Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Adjunct Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Address correspondence to Dr. Y.K. Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. E-mail: tan.york.kiat@singhealth.com.sg. Accepted for publication September 30, 2015.
Li-Ching Chew
From the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France. Grant support from the Khoo Clinical Scholars Pilot Award. Y.K. Tan, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J.C. Allen Jr, PhD, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; W.K. Lye, MSc, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines; L.C. Chew, BMED, SCI, BMBS, MRCP, FAMS, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J. Thumboo, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, FAMS, FRCP, Vice Chair for Research, Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Adjunct Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Address correspondence to Dr. Y.K. Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. E-mail: tan.york.kiat@singhealth.com.sg. Accepted for publication September 30, 2015.
Julian Thumboo
From the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital; Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Medical School, Singapore; Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds, UK; Department of Rheumatology, Assistance Publique — Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt; Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM) U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France. Grant support from the Khoo Clinical Scholars Pilot Award. Y.K. Tan, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J.C. Allen Jr, PhD, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; W.K. Lye, MSc, Office of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, APHP, Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, Université de Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines; L.C. Chew, BMED, SCI, BMBS, MRCP, FAMS, Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; J. Thumboo, MBBS, MMED, MRCP, FAMS, FRCP, Vice Chair for Research, Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, and Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, and Professor, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, and Adjunct Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Address correspondence to Dr. Y.K. Tan, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608. E-mail: tan.york.kiat@singhealth.com.sg. Accepted for publication September 30, 2015.
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Novel Ultrasound Joint Selection Methods Using a Reduced Joint Number Demonstrate Inflammatory Improvement when Compared to Existing Methods and Disease Activity Score at 28 Joints
York Kiat Tan, John C. Allen, Weng Kit Lye, Philip G. Conaghan, Maria Antonietta D’Agostino, Li-Ching Chew, Julian Thumboo
The Journal of Rheumatology Dec 2015, jrheum.150590; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.150590
Novel Ultrasound Joint Selection Methods Using a Reduced Joint Number Demonstrate Inflammatory Improvement when Compared to Existing Methods and Disease Activity Score at 28 Joints
York Kiat Tan, John C. Allen, Weng Kit Lye, Philip G. Conaghan, Maria Antonietta D’Agostino, Li-Ching Chew, Julian Thumboo
The Journal of Rheumatology Dec 2015, jrheum.150590; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.150590