Musculoskeletal ultrasound including definitions for ultrasonographic pathology. Wakefield, R. J., Balint, P. V., Szkudlarek, M., Filippucci, E., Backhaus, M., D'Agostino, M., Sanchez, E. N., Iagnocco, A., Schmidt, W. A., Bruyn, G. A. W., Bruyn, G., Kane, D., O'Connor, P. J., Manger, B., Joshua, F., Koski, J., Grassi, W., Lassere, M. N. D., Swen, N., Kainberger, F., Klauser, A., Ostergaard, M., Brown, A. K., Machold, K. P., Conaghan, P. G., & Group, O. 7 S. I. The Journal of Rheumatology, 32(12):2485--2487, December, 2005.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound including definitions for ultrasonographic pathology. [link]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
Ultrasound (US) has great potential as an outcome in rheumatoid arthritis trials for detecting bone erosions, synovitis, tendon disease, and enthesopathy. It has a number of distinct advantages over magnetic resonance imaging, including good patient tolerability and ability to scan multiple joints in a short period of time. However, there are scarce data regarding its validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness to change, making interpretation and comparison of studies difficult. In particular, there are limited data describing standardized scanning methodology and standardized definitions of US pathologies. This article presents the first report from the OMERACT ultrasound special interest group, which has compared US against the criteria of the OMERACT filter. Also proposed for the first time are consensus US definitions for common pathological lesions seen in patients with inflammatory arthritis.
@article{wakefield_musculoskeletal_2005,
	title = {Musculoskeletal ultrasound including definitions for ultrasonographic pathology.},
	volume = {32},
	issn = {0315-162X, 1499-2752},
	url = {http://www.jrheum.org/content/32/12/2485},
	abstract = {Ultrasound (US) has great potential as an outcome in rheumatoid arthritis trials for detecting bone erosions, synovitis, tendon disease, and enthesopathy. It has a number of distinct advantages over magnetic resonance imaging, including good patient tolerability and ability to scan multiple joints in a short period of time. However, there are scarce data regarding its validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness to change, making interpretation and comparison of studies difficult. In particular, there are limited data describing standardized scanning methodology and standardized definitions of US pathologies. This article presents the first report from the OMERACT ultrasound special interest group, which has compared US against the criteria of the OMERACT filter. Also proposed for the first time are consensus US definitions for common pathological lesions seen in patients with inflammatory arthritis.},
	language = {en},
	number = {12},
	urldate = {2018-02-04TZ},
	journal = {The Journal of Rheumatology},
	author = {Wakefield, Richard J. and Balint, Peter V. and Szkudlarek, Marcin and Filippucci, Emilio and Backhaus, Marina and D'Agostino, Maria-Antonietta and Sanchez, Esperanza Naredo and Iagnocco, Annamaria and Schmidt, Wolfgang A. and Bruyn, George A. W. and Bruyn, George and Kane, David and O'Connor, Philip J. and Manger, Bernhard and Joshua, Fred and Koski, Juhani and Grassi, Walter and Lassere, Marissa N. D. and Swen, Nanno and Kainberger, Franz and Klauser, Andrea and Ostergaard, Mikkel and Brown, Andrew K. and Machold, Klaus P. and Conaghan, Philip G. and Group, OMERACT 7 Special Interest},
	month = dec,
	year = {2005},
	pmid = {16331793},
	pages = {2485--2487}
}

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