Abnormal US findings at baseline visits in patients with CID (n = 40). Some images with unsatisfactory quality were excluded from the final reading. Values are number of abnormal joints/total studied joints.
Joints
Synovial Thickening
Joint Effusion
PD Signal
Tenosynovitis
Wrists
1/80
0/80
11/78
0/80
Knees
0/80
4/80
1/76
0/80
Tibiotalar
0/73
0/73
5/68
0/73
Subtalar
6/56
5/56
3/54
0/56
US: ultrasound; CID: clinically inactive disease; PD: power Doppler.