Scoring ultrasound synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: a EULAR-OMERACT ultrasound taskforce-Part 2: reliability and application to multiple joints of a standardised consensus-based scoring system

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Authors

Lene Terslev · Glostrup Hospital

Esperanza Naredo · Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz

Philippe Aegerter · Inserm

Richard J. Wakefield · University of Leeds

Marina Backhaus · Park-Klinik Weißensee

P Bálint · Institute of Rheumatology

George A. W. Bruyn ·

Abstract

The EULAR-OMERACT score demonstrated moderate-good reliability in MCP joints using a standardised scan and is equally applicable in non-MCP joints. This scoring system should underpin improved reliability and consequently the responsiveness of US in RA clinical trials.

Topics & Keywords

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments

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Published in: RMD Open

Volume 3, Issue 1, pp. e000427-e000427

DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2016-000427

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Scoring ultrasound synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: a EULAR-OMERACT ultrasound taskforce-Part 2: reliability and application to multiple joints of a standardised consensus-based scoring system

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