TY - JOUR T1 - The OMERACT Ultrasound Task Force — Status and Perspectives JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 2063 LP - 2067 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.110425 VL - 38 IS - 9 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 Y1 - 2011/09/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/9/2063.abstract N2 - 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. ER -