We found a good level of agreement and no significant systematic joint size-related differences in cartilage thickness measurements between MRI and US. US appears to be a feasible method for evaluating cartilage thickness in JIA target joints, especially when age and sex-related references are defined.
The type of low-tech dynamic training used in either of our two programmes resulted in both subjective and objective improvements in patients suffering from chronic neck/shoulder pain, but there were no statistically significant differences in outcome between the two approaches. The subjective improvements were maintained throughout the follow-up period.
The dGEMRIC MRI method markedly improved delineation of hip joint cartilage compared to non-enhanced MRI. The i.a. Gd-DTPA provided the best cartilage delineation. dGEMRIC is a clinically applicable MRI method that may improve identification of early subtle cartilage damage and the accuracy of volume measurements of hip joint cartilage.
Two methods for semiquantitative assessment of hip OA on MRI have been described and validation according to the OMERACT Filter is limited to evaluation of reliability.
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