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Validity of an ultrasonographic joint-specific scoring system in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a cross-sectional study comparing ultrasound findings of synovitis with whole-body magnetic resonance imaging and clinical assessment.
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- From Hands to Imaging: The Emerging Role of Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Disease Activity Assessment.International journal of rheumatic diseases · 2026Article
- Ultrasonographic evaluation of FMF patients with exertional leg pain: an overlooked component of the disease.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Hip Joint Synovial Cavity Thickness in Early Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Without Effusion: A Cross-Sectional Ultrasound Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Development and validation of subtype-specific simplified ultrasound assessment systems for juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a prospective observational study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Whole-body MRI in arthritis.Skeletal radiology · 2025Review
- Development and validation of a Pediatric Internationally agreed UltraSound Hip synovitis protocol (PIUS-hip), by the PReS imaging working party.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2025Article
- Juvenile Spondyloarthropathies: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Sonographic and Disease Activity Findings Related With Medication Change in JIA: A Historical Cohort Study.Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases · 2025Article
- Ultrasound-assisted Diagnosis and Intervention in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Case Report.Journal of medical ultrasoundArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the validity of an ultrasonographic scoring system in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) by comparing ultrasound detected synovitis with whole-body MRI and clinical assessment of disease activity.
methodsIn a cross-sectional study, 27 patients with active JIA underwent clinical 71-joints examination, non-contrast enhanced whole-body MRI and ultrasound evaluation of 28 joints (elbow, radiocarpal, midcarpal, metacarpophalangeal 2-3, proximal interphalangeal 2-3, hip, knee, tibiotalar, talonavicular, subtalar and metatarsophalangeal 2-3). One rheumatologist, blinded to clinical findings, performed ultrasound and scored synovitis (B-mode and power Doppler) findings using a semiquantitative joint-specific scoring system for synovitis in JIA. A radiologist scored effusion/synovial thickening on whole-body MRI using a scoring system for whole-body MRI in JIA. At patient level, associations between ultrasound synovitis sum scores, whole-body MRI effusion/synovial thickening sum scores, clinical arthritis sum scores, and the 71-joints Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS71) were calculated using Spearman's correlation coefficients (r
resultsUltrasound synovitis sum scores strongly correlated with whole-body MRI effusion/synovial thickening sum scores (r
conclusionOur findings suggest that ultrasound is a valid instrument to detect synovitis, and that ultrasound synovitis sum scores can reflect disease activity and may be an outcome measure in JIA.
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