ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
A Systematic Review of the Inclusion of Non-Inflammatory Ultrasonographic Enthesopathy Findings in Enthesitis Scoring Indices.
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- Sport-related entheseal adaptation and damage in elite athletes: a cross-sectional ultrasound study.Archives of medical science : AMS · 2026Article
- Understanding Enthesitis in Psoriatic Disease: Insights and Implications.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2026Review
- Achilles Enthesitis in Psoriatic Arthritis: Inter-Observer Reliability of Ultrasound Findings.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The Natural History of the Development and Resolution of Achilles and Patellar Tendon Sonographic Abnormalities in a Collegiate Cohort.Translational sports medicine · 2025Article
- Ultrasound Enthesitis in Psoriasis Patients with or without Psoriatic Arthritis, a Cross-Sectional Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- A Narrative Review of the Design of Ultrasound Indices for Detecting Enthesitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
Ultrasound has advanced the diagnosis and management of patients with inflammatory rheumatic conditions. It can be used to identify and monitor enthesitis, a cardinal feature of spondyloarthropthies. Several enthesitis scoring systems utilizing ultrasound to determine entheseal involvement have been developed. These scoring systems generally rely on determining the presence or absence of erosions, tendon enlargement, power Doppler signal, or enthesophytes. This systematic review identified ultrasound scoring systems that have been utilized for evaluating enthesitis and what key components derive the score. Review of these scoring systems, however, demonstrated confounding as some of the score components including enthesophytes may be seen in non-inflammatory conditions and some components including erosions can be seen from chronic damage, but not necessarily indicate active inflammatory disease. What is furthermore limiting is that currently there is not an agreed upon term to describe non-inflammatory enthesopathies, further complicating these scoring systems. This review highlights the need for a more comprehensive ultrasound enthesopathy scoring index.
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