ArticleClinical rheumatology2010
Comparison between clinical and ultrasonographic assessment in patients with erosive osteoarthritis of the hands.
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- A systematic review of the association between ultrasound-detected features and laboratory inflammatory biomarkers in hand osteoarthritis.Annals of medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory Arthropathies by Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography: A Systematic Literature Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound in symptomatic thumb-base osteoarthritis: clinical, functional, radiological and muscle strength associations.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Trial
- Functional index for hand osteoarthritis (FIHOA) is associated with pain, muscle strength, and EQ-5D in hand osteoarthritis.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2021Article
- Ultrasound Findings were Associated With Radiographic Changes, But Not Clinical and Functional Outcomes in Hand Osteoarthritis.Journal of rheumatic diseases · 2021Article
- Erosive osteoarthritis: A systematic analysis of definitions used in the literature.Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism · 2017Review
- Role of modern imaging techniques in hand osteoarthritis research and clinical practice.Current rheumatology reports · 2014Review
- High-resolution ultrasonography and 3.0 T magnetic resonance imaging in erosive and nodal hand osteoarthritis: high frequency of erosions in nodal osteoarthritis.Clinical rheumatology · 2013Article
- Role of diagnostic ultrasound in the assessment of musculoskeletal diseases.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2012Article
- Combined structural and synovial assessment for improved ultrasound discrimination of rheumatoid, osteoarthritic, and normal joints: a pilot study.The open rheumatology journal · 2012Article
- Imaging modalities in hand osteoarthritis--and perspectives of conventional radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography.Arthritis research & therapy · 2011Review
- Cartilage biology, pathology, and repair.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2010Review
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to assess the reliability of clinical examination in patients with erosive osteoarthritis (EOA). Eighteen patients with EOA underwent clinical examination for joint tenderness, bony swelling, and inflammation by two independent, blinded assessors. All patients were also examined by ultrasound (US) by an independent radiologist. The inter-observer agreement was moderate for bony swelling and joint tenderness and fair for joint inflammation (kappa = 0.513, 0.448, and 0.402, respectively). US detected significantly more inflamed joints than clinical examination. The sensitivity and specificity of clinical examination for joint inflammation were 0.12 and 0.95, respectively. Clinical joint counts for bony swelling, tenderness, and inflammation all correlated with functional status, assessed by the functional index for hand osteoarthritis (FIHOA), whereas US joint counts for joint inflammation did not correlate with the FIHOA. No correlation was found between any clinical or US joint count and visual analog scale for pain. US detects more joints with inflammation than clinical examination in patients with EOA. US can supplement the clinical examination of patients with EOA, as US-detected subclinical joint inflammation might accelerate joint damage and thus functional impairment.
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