Development and Validation of 3 Preliminary MRI Sacroiliac Joint Composite Structural Damage Scores in a 5-year Longitudinal Axial Spondyloarthritis Study.

Marie Wetterslev Mikkel ØstergaardInge J SørensenUlrich WeberAnne Gitte LoftGina KollerupLars JuulGorm ThamsborgOle R MadsenJakob Møllenbach Møller Susanne Juhl Pedersen

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2021)

Particularly CSDSstepwise and CSDShierarchical showed construct validity and responsiveness, encouraging further validation in larger clinical trials. The potential clinical implication is assessment of SIJ damage progression by 1 composite score.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
oxidative stress
magnetic resonance imaging
ankylosing spondylitis
cross sectional
computed tomography
disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
diffusion weighted imaging
randomized controlled trial
climate change
open label
double blind