PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Orbai, Ana-Maria
AU  - Weitz, Joshua
AU  - Siegel, Evan L.
AU  - Siebert, Stefan
AU  - Savage, Laura J.
AU  - Aydin, Sibel Z.
AU  - Luime, Jolanda J.
AU  - Elkayam, Ori
AU  - Neerinckx, Barbara
AU  - Urbancek, Slavo
AU  - de Vlam, Kurt
AU  - Ritchlin, Christopher T.
AU  - the GRAPPA Enthesitis Working Group
TI  - Systematic Review of Treatment Effectiveness and Outcome Measures for Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.140878
DP  - 2014 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 2290--2294
VI  - 41
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/41/11/2290.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/41/11/2290.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2014 Nov 01; 41
AB  - Enthesitis is a characteristic feature of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and is important in disease pathogenesis and classification. Use of clinical outcome measures for enthesitis is heterogeneous, and only 1 measure has been specifically developed and validated in PsA. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging assessments of enthesitis may have advantages over clinical examination but are insufficiently studied. As part of an update of treatment recommendations by the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA), we performed a systematic literature review and identified randomized controlled trials with enthesitis outcomes in PsA. For each treatment agent we calculated treatment effect sizes (where applicable) and graded the level of evidence.