RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Developing a magnetic resonance imaging scoring system for peripheral psoriatic arthritis.
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 859
OP 861
VO 34
IS 4
A1 Fiona McQueen
A1 Marissa Lassere
A1 Paul Bird
A1 Espen A Haavardsholm
A1 Charles Peterfy
A1 Philip G Conaghan
A1 Bo Ejbjerg
A1 Harry Genant
A1 Philip O'Connor
A1 Paul Emery
A1 Mikkel Østergaard
YR 2007
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/34/4/859.abstract
AB We describe the first steps in developing an OMERACT magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring system for peripheral psoriatic arthritis (PsA). A preexisting MRI dataset (finger joints) from 10 patients with PsA was scored by 4 readers for bone erosion, bone edema, synovitis, tendinopathy, and extracapsular features of inflammation (including enthesitis) according to specified criteria. Scoring reliability between readers was moderate to high for bone edema and erosion, but lower for soft tissue inflammation. Measures to improve reliability for future exercises will include reviewing definitions of pathological features and prior reader calibration.