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.

Lene TerslevEsperanza NaredoPhilippe AegerterRichard J WakefieldMarina BackhausPeter BalintGeorge A W BruynAnnamaria IagnoccoSandrine Jousse-JoulinWolfgang A SchmidtMarcin SzkudlarekPhilip G ConaghanEmilio FilippucciMaria Antonietta D'Agostino

Published in: RMD open (2017)

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.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
clinical trial
magnetic resonance imaging
disease activity
computed tomography
ankylosing spondylitis
interstitial lung disease
ultrasound guided
systemic lupus erythematosus
randomized controlled trial
clinical practice
study protocol
placebo controlled