TY - JOUR
T1 - Summary findings of a systematic review of the ultrasound assessment of synovitis
AU - Joshua, Fredrick
AU - Lassere, Marissa
AU - Bruyn, George A.
AU - Szkudlarek, Marcin
AU - Naredo, Esperanza
AU - Schmidt, Wolfgang A.
AU - Balint, Peter
AU - Filippucci, Emilio
AU - Backhaus, Marina
AU - Iagnocco, Annamaria
AU - Scheel, Alexander K.
AU - Kane, David
AU - Grassi, Walter
AU - Conaghan, Philip G.
AU - Wakefield, Richard J.
AU - D'Agostino, Maria Antonietta
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - This report presents the results of a recent systematic review performed by the OMERACT Ultrasound Group on the metric properties of ultrasound for the detection of synovitis in inflammatory arthritis. Reviews were conducted for the hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee, ankle, and foot; most reports were related to the hand and knee, and the most common disease process was rheumatoid arthritis. The review highlights the current gaps in the literature, including a lack of reliability data with respect to intra-occasion and intra- and inter-reader reliability. Current work by our group is addressing these issues.
AB - This report presents the results of a recent systematic review performed by the OMERACT Ultrasound Group on the metric properties of ultrasound for the detection of synovitis in inflammatory arthritis. Reviews were conducted for the hand, wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee, ankle, and foot; most reports were related to the hand and knee, and the most common disease process was rheumatoid arthritis. The review highlights the current gaps in the literature, including a lack of reliability data with respect to intra-occasion and intra- and inter-reader reliability. Current work by our group is addressing these issues.
KW - Synovitis
KW - Systematic review
KW - Ultrasound
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247348250&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Article
C2 - 17407235
AN - SCOPUS:34247348250
VL - 34
SP - 839
EP - 847
JO - Journal of Rheumatology
JF - Journal of Rheumatology
SN - 1499-2752
IS - 4
ER -