Interobserver reliability of ultrasonography in the assessment of cartilage damage in rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract

The present study demonstrated moderate to good interobserver reproducibility of a semiquantitative scoring system based on qualitative morphological changes for cartilage damage at MCP joint level in patients with RA.

Global ultrasound assessment of structural lesions in osteoarthritis: a reliability study by the OMERACT ultrasonography group on scoring cartilage and osteophytes in finger joints

“…Additionally, six of the sonographers had previously performed ultrasonography reliability studies on cartilage in MCP joints 6 11…”

The reliability of musculoskeletal ultrasound in the detection of cartilage abnormalities at the metacarpo-phalangeal joints

“…However, for the poor contrast between hyaline cartilage and synovial fluid that are both anechoic, it can be sometimes difficult to assess small focal defects of the articular cartilage by using US. In addition, while there is evidence in the literature concerning the ability of US to evaluate cartilage involvement in large joints 1,9e14 there is a paucity of data about cartilage assessment at hand joints 8,9,15 . Moreover, there is still the common perception in the medical community that US is a highly operator dependent technique.…”

Escore US7 modificado na avaliação de sinovite em pacientes com artrite reumatoide inicial

“…Em nossa amostra, a erosão não ficou muito evidente, possivelmente por termos avaliado a doença em seu estágio inicial. [33][34][35] O punho, MCF2 e MCF3 foram as articulações mais afetadas pela inflamação sinovial, em comparação com as demais articulações. Nossos resultados com o escore MUS7 SIN indicam que o punho e MCF2 são as articulações mais promissoras para o diagnóstico de ARI e para acompanhamento clínico.…”