title: MRI assessment of tenosynovitis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: inter- and intra-observer variability.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is sparse knowledge about grading tenosynovitis using MRI.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability of a tenosynovitis MRI scoring system in juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and wrist involvement were enrolled in two paediatric centres, from October 2006 to January 2010. The extensor (compartments II, IV and VI) and flexor tendons were assessed for the presence of tenosynovitis on T1-weighted postcontrast fat-saturated MR images and were scored from 0 (normal) to 2 (moderate to severe) by two observers independently. Intra- and interobserver agreement was assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety children (age range: 5-18.5 years) were included, of whom 34 had tenosynovitis involving extensors and 28 had tenosynovitis involving flexors. A total of 360 tendon areas were analysed, of which 114 had tenosynovitis (86/270 extensors and 28/90 flexors). Intra-reader 1 agreement was excellent for the extensors (k = 0.82-0.91) and for the flexors (k = 0.85); intra-reader 2 agreement was moderate to good for the extensors (k = 0.51-0.72) and good for the flexors (k = 0.64). Inter-reader agreement was good for the extensors (k = 0.69-0.73) and moderate for the flexors (k = 0.49).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proposed MRI scoring system for the assessment of wrist tenosynovitis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis appears feasible with an observer agreement sufficient for clinical use.
authors: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149-161 rue de Sèvres, 75015, Paris, France. karen.lambot@nck.aphp.fr
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Lambot
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Boavida
authors: Maria Beatrice
authors: MB
authors: Damasio
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Tanturri de Horatio
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Desgranges
authors: Clara
authors: C
authors: Malattia
authors: Domenico
authors: D
authors: Barbuti
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Bracaglia
authors: Lil-Sofie Ording
authors: LS
authors: Müller
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Elie
authors: Brigitte
authors: B
authors: Bader-Meunier
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Quartier
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Rosendahl
authors: Francis
authors: F
authors: Brunelle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015897:Comorbidity; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*
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