PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - van der Heijde, Désirée AU - Landewé, Robert AU - Hermann, Kay-Geert AU - Rudwaleit, Martin AU - Østergaard, Mikkel AU - Oostveen, Ans AU - O'Connor, Phil AU - Maksymowych, Walter P AU - Lambert, Robert G AU - Lukas, Cédric AU - Jurik, Anne Grethe AU - Boers, Maarten AU - Baraliakos, Xenofon AU - Braun, Jürgen AU - , TI - Is there a preferred method for scoring activity of the spine by magnetic resonance imaging in ankylosing spondylitis? DP - 2007 Apr 01 TA - The Journal of Rheumatology PG - 871--873 VI - 34 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/34/4/871.short 4100 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/34/4/871.full SO - J Rheumatol2007 Apr 01; 34 AB - This report summarizes the discussion during a module update at OMERACT 8 on scoring methods for activity in the spine on magnetic resonance imaging. The conclusion was that the 3 available scoring methods are all very good with respect to discrimination and feasibility: the Ankylosing Spondylitis spine MRI score for activity (ASspiMRI-a), the Berlin method (a modification of the ASspiMRI-a), and the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Magnetic Resonance Imaging Index for Assessment of Spinal Inflammation in AS (SPARCC). All 3 methods were judged to be similar with respect to responsiveness and discrimination, although the differences in between-reader intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were judged to be relevant (the SPARCC method provided consistently higher ICC). The Berlin and SPARCC methods were preferred most frequently. The development of a new method combining the best elements of all methods is an additional possibility.