Objective. The OMERACT Ultrasound Task Force is currently develo** a global synovitis
score (GLOSS) with the objective of feasibly measuring global disease activity in patients …

Over the last decades, ultrasound (US) has undergone a dramatic evolution in the field of
inflammatory joint diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is probably the pathology that has …

Objectives: To develop an ultrasound enthesis score and to assess its validity in the
diagnostic classification of the spondyloarthropathies (SpAs). Methods: Twenty-five patients …

Objectives. This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of a systematic musculoskeletal
ultrasonographic (US) assessment in the detection of residual disease activity in patients …

Objectives. To establish the usefulness of ultrasonography (US) for diagnosing gout and to
determine whether there are sonographic features that are characteristic for gout but not for …

Objective To evaluate the sensitivity to change of power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS)
assessment of joint inflammation and the predictive value of PDUS parameters in disease …

Objective To investigate the validity, reproducibility, and responsiveness of a simplified
power Doppler ultrasound (PDUS) assessment of joint inflammation compared with a …

Objective To evaluate the prevalence of joint inflammatory abnormalities and erosions
detected by grey-scale and Doppler ultrasound (US) in the small joints of hands and feet in …

Objective To evaluate the validity, responsiveness, and predictive value of power Doppler
ultrasonography (PDUS) monitoring of response to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blocking …

Objective To develop an ultrasonographic (US) synovitis scoring system suitable for
evaluation of finger joint inflammation in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to …