The OMERACT Ultrasound Group: status of current activities and research directions

Richard J Wakefield; Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino; Annamaria Iagnocco; Emilio Filippucci; Marina Backhaus; Alexander K Scheel; Fredrick Joshua; Esperanza Naredo; Wolfgang A Schmidt; Walter Grassi; Ingrid Moller; Carlos Pineda; Andrea Klauser; Marcin Szkudlarek; Lene Terslev; Peter Balint; George A W Bruyn; Wijnand A A Swen; Sandrine Jousse-Joulin; David Kane; Juhani M Koski; Philip O'Connor; Sanja Milutinovic; Philip G Conaghan; NN NN

The OMERACT Ultrasound Group: status of current activities and research directions

Richard J Wakefield, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino, Annamaria Iagnocco, Emilio Filippucci, Marina Backhaus, Alexander K Scheel, Fredrick Joshua, Esperanza Naredo, Wolfgang A Schmidt, Walter Grassi, Ingrid Moller, Carlos Pineda, Andrea Klauser, Marcin Szkudlarek, Lene Terslev, Peter Balint, George A W Bruyn, Wijnand A A Swen, Sandrine Jousse-Joulin, David KaneJuhani M Koski, Philip O'Connor, Sanja Milutinovic, Philip G Conaghan, NN NN

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Ultrasound (US) is a relatively new imaging modality in rheumatology that offers great potential as a diagnostic and management tool. In 2004, an OMERACT Ultrasound Special Interest Group was formed to address the metric qualities of US as a potential outcome measure. A preliminary systematic review highlighted the deficiencies in the literature, particularly with regard to the reliability of interpreting and acquiring images; as a consequence, a number of exercises were proposed to address these issues. This report describes a series of iterative studies that have resulted in improved intra- and inter-reader reliability for detecting and scoring synovitis from both static and real-time images of the hand joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The reliability of acquiring images was also enhanced using standardized positions. Future studies will assess the value of US in clinical trials.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Rheumatology
Volume	34
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	848-51
Number of pages	3
ISSN	0315-162X
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Biomedical Research
Hand Joints
Humans
Observer Variation
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Ultrasonics
Ultrasonography

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Wakefield, R. J., D'Agostino, M.-A., Iagnocco, A., Filippucci, E., Backhaus, M., Scheel, A. K., Joshua, F., Naredo, E., Schmidt, W. A., Grassi, W., Moller, I., Pineda, C., Klauser, A., Szkudlarek, M., Terslev, L., Balint, P., Bruyn, G. A. W., Swen, W. A. A., Jousse-Joulin, S., ... NN, NN. (2007). The OMERACT Ultrasound Group: status of current activities and research directions. Journal of Rheumatology, 34(4), 848-51. http://www.jrheum.com/subscribers/07/04/848.html

Wakefield, RJ, D'Agostino, M-A, Iagnocco, A, Filippucci, E, Backhaus, M, Scheel, AK, Joshua, F, Naredo, E, Schmidt, WA, Grassi, W, Moller, I, Pineda, C, Klauser, A, Szkudlarek, M, Terslev, L, Balint, P, Bruyn, GAW, Swen, WAA, Jousse-Joulin, S, Kane, D, Koski, JM, O'Connor, P, Milutinovic, S, Conaghan, PG & NN, NN 2007, 'The OMERACT Ultrasound Group: status of current activities and research directions', Journal of Rheumatology, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 848-51. <http://www.jrheum.com/subscribers/07/04/848.html>

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