RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The OMERACT Ultrasound Task Force — Status and Perspectives
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 2063
OP 2067
DO 10.3899/jrheum.110425
VO 38
IS 9
A1 ESPERANZA NAREDO
A1 RICHARD J. WAKEFIELD
A1 ANNAMARIA IAGNOCCO
A1 LENE TERSLEV
A1 EMILIO FILIPPUCCI
A1 FREDERIQUE GANDJBAKHCH
A1 PHILIPPE AEGERTER
A1 SIBEL AYDIN
A1 MARINA BACKHAUS
A1 PETER V. BALINT
A1 GEORGE A.W. BRUYN
A1 PAZ COLLADO
A1 STEPHANIE FINZEL
A1 JANE E. FREESTON
A1 MARWIN GUTIERREZ
A1 FREDERICK JOSHUA
A1 SANDRINE JOUSSE-JOULIN
A1 DAVID KANE
A1 HELEN I. KEEN
A1 INGRID MOLLER
A1 PETER MANDL
A1 SARAH OHRNDORF
A1 CARLOS PINEDA
A1 WOLFGANG A. SCHMIDT
A1 MARCIN SZKUDLAREK
A1 PHILIP G. CONAGHAN
A1 MARIA-ANTONIETTA D’AGOSTINO
YR 2011
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/9/2063.abstract
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.