Ultrasound (US) has great potential as an outcome in rheumatoid arthritis trials for detecting
bone erosions, synovitis, tendon disease, and enthesopathy. It has a number of distinct …

Background Lack of standardization of outcome measures limits the usefulness of clinical
trial evidence to inform health care decisions. This can be addressed by agreeing on a …

Objective To develop evidence-based recommendations on the use of imaging of the joints
in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods The task force comprised …

Objective To assess the prevalence and severity of peripheral enthesitis among the different
subtypes of spondylarthropathy (SpA) by using ultrasonography (US) in B mode with power …

A taskforce comprised of an expert group of 21 rheumatologists, radiologists and methodologists
from 11 countries developed evidence-based recommendations on the use of imaging …

Entheses are the insertion sites of tendons and ligaments to the bone surface and are
essential structures for locomotion. Inflammation of the entheses (enthesitis) is a key feature of …

OBJECTIVE To evaluate if type 2 diabetes is an independent risk predictor for severe
osteoarthritis (OA). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Population-based cohort study with an …

Objectives To develop a consensus-based ultrasound (US) definition and quantification
system for synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A multistep, iterative approach was …

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of inflammation in subjects with chronic painful knee
osteoarthritis (OA), as determined by the presence of synovitis or joint effusion at …

Objective To produce consensus-based scoring systems for ultrasound (US) tenosynovitis
and to assess the intraobserver and interobserver reliability of these scoring systems in …