PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - ESPERANZA NAREDO
AU  - RICHARD J. WAKEFIELD
AU  - ANNAMARIA IAGNOCCO
AU  - LENE TERSLEV
AU  - EMILIO FILIPPUCCI
AU  - FREDERIQUE GANDJBAKHCH
AU  - PHILIPPE AEGERTER
AU  - SIBEL AYDIN
AU  - MARINA BACKHAUS
AU  - PETER V. BALINT
AU  - GEORGE A.W. BRUYN
AU  - PAZ COLLADO
AU  - STEPHANIE FINZEL
AU  - JANE E. FREESTON
AU  - MARWIN GUTIERREZ
AU  - FREDERICK JOSHUA
AU  - SANDRINE JOUSSE-JOULIN
AU  - DAVID KANE
AU  - HELEN I. KEEN
AU  - INGRID MOLLER
AU  - PETER MANDL
AU  - SARAH OHRNDORF
AU  - CARLOS PINEDA
AU  - WOLFGANG A. SCHMIDT
AU  - MARCIN SZKUDLAREK
AU  - PHILIP G. CONAGHAN
AU  - MARIA-ANTONIETTA D’AGOSTINO
TI  - The OMERACT Ultrasound Task Force — Status and Perspectives
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.110425
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 2063--2067
VI  - 38
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/9/2063.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/9/2063.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2011 Sep 01; 38
AB  - This article reports the most recent work of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Ultrasound Task Force, and highlights the future research priorities discussed at the OMERACT 10 meeting. Results of the following studies were presented: (1) intra- and interobserver reliability of ultrasound detecting and scoring synovitis in different joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA); (2) systematic review of previous ultrasound scoring systems of synovitis in RA; (3) enthesitis systematic review and Delphi definition exercise in spondyloarthritis enthesitis; (4) enthesitis intra- and interobserver reliability exercise; and (5) Delphi definition exercise in hand osteoarthritis, and reliability exercises. Study conclusions were discussed, and a future research agenda was approved, notably further validation of an OMERACT ultrasound global synovitis score (GLOSS) in RA, emphasizing the importance of testing feasibility, predictive value, and added value over standard clinical variables. Future research areas will include validating scoring systems for enthesitis and osteoarthritis, and testing the metric qualities of ultrasound for evaluating tenosynovitis and structural damage in RA.