PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bruyn, George A.
AU  - Naredo, Esperanza
AU  - Iagnocco, Annamaria
AU  - Balint, Peter V.
AU  - Backhaus, Marina
AU  - Gandjbakhch, Frederique
AU  - Gutierrez, Marwin
AU  - Filer, Andrew
AU  - Finzel, Stephanie
AU  - Ikeda, Kei
AU  - Kaeley, Gurjit S.
AU  - Manzoni, Silvia Magni
AU  - Ohrndorf, Sarah
AU  - Pineda, Carlos
AU  - Richards, Bethan
AU  - Roth, Johannes
AU  - Schmidt, Wolfgang A.
AU  - Terslev, Lene
AU  - D’Agostino, Maria Antonietta
TI  - The OMERACT Ultrasound Working Group 10 Years On: Update at OMERACT 12
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.141462
DP  - 2015 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 2172--2176
VI  - 42
IP  - 11
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/11/2172.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/42/11/2172.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2015 Nov 01; 42
AB  - Musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) now thrives as an established imaging modality for the investigation and management of chronic inflammatory arthritis. We summarize here results of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) US working group (WG) projects of the last 2 years. These results were reported at the OMERACT 12 meeting at the plenary session and discussed during breakout sessions. Topics included standardization of US use in rheumatic disease over the last decade and its contribution to understanding musculoskeletal diseases. This is the first update report of WG activities in validating US as an outcome measure in musculoskeletal inflammatory and degenerative diseases, including pediatric arthritis, since the OMERACT 11 meeting.