Introduction An increasing number of studies have applied ultrasound to the evaluation of
entheses in spondyloarthritis patients. However, no clear agreement exists on the definition …

Rheumatologists remain divided on whether they should introduce musculoskeletal
ultrasound (MSUS) into their clinical practice. A central issue in the application of MSUS in …

Objective: To compare ultrasonography (US) with clinical examination in the detection of
entheseal abnormality of the lower limb in patients with spondyloarthropathy (SpA) …

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

Objective. To investigate the presence of synovitis, tenosynovitis and enthesitis with power
Doppler (PD) ultrasonography (US) in patients with psoriasis without musculoskeletal …

Objective To standardize ultrasound (US) in enthesitis. Methods An initial Delphi exercise
was undertaken to define US‐detected enthesitis and its core components. These definitions …

Background: Psoriasis is associated with a form of spondyloarthropathy in 10–30% of cases.
A major feature of psoriatic arthritis is enthesitis. In some patients with psoriasis the …

Objective To describe the prevalence of extra-articular manifestations—enthesitis, dactylitis,
nail disease, uveitis and IBD—in PsA, and their impact on longitudinal disease outcomes …

Background: Enthesitis is a remarkable feature of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) not specifically
approached by the available measuring tools for the disease. Ultrasonography (US) has …

There are two types of entheses: fibrous, by Sharpey's fibers in membranous bone, and
fibrocartilaginous, on endochondral bone, with discontinuous cement lines at the interface …