Global ultrasound assessment of structural lesions in osteoarthritis: a reliability study by the OMERACT ultrasonography group on scoring cartilage and osteophytes in finger joints.
H B HammerA IagnoccoA MathiessenE FilippucciF GandjbakhchMarion C KortekaasI MöllerE NaredoR J WakefieldP AegerterM-A D'AgostinoPublished in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases (2014)
Use of the present semiquantitative ultrasonography scoring system for cartilage pathology in hand OA is not recommended (while normal or total loss of cartilage may be assessed). However, the OMERACT ultrasonography group will endorse the use of semiquantitative scoring of osteophytes with the ultrasonography atlas as reference.