title: Summary findings of a systematic review of the ultrasound assessment of synovitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, St. George Hospital, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia. fredjoshua@mac.com
authors.forename: Fredrick
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Joshua
authors.forename: Marissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lassere
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Bruyn
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szkudlarek
authors.forename: Esperanza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Naredo
authors.forename: Wolfgang A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balint
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Filippucci
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Backhaus
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iagnocco
authors.forename: Alexander K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Scheel
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Philip G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Conaghan
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wakefield
authors.forename: Maria-Antonietta
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015588:Observer Variation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013585:Synovitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging