PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - George A. Bruyn
AU  - Esperanza Naredo
AU  - Annamaria Iagnocco
AU  - Peter V. Balint
AU  - Marina Backhaus
AU  - Frederique Gandjbakhch
AU  - Marwin Gutierrez
AU  - Andrew Filer
AU  - Stephanie Finzel
AU  - Kei Ikeda
AU  - Gurjit S. Kaeley
AU  - Silvia Magni Manzoni
AU  - Sarah Ohrndorf
AU  - Carlos Pineda
AU  - Bethan Richards
AU  - Johannes Roth
AU  - Wolfgang A. Schmidt
AU  - Lene Terslev
AU  - Maria Antonietta D’Agostino
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.