Quantitative assessment of hand radiographs of rheumatoid arthritis: Interobserver variation in a multicenter radiographic study

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 467-473

  Matsuno, Hiroaki ^a   Yudoh, Kazuo ^b   Hanyu, Tadamasa ^c   Kano, Syogo ^c   Komatsubara, Yoshio ^c   Matsubara, Tsukasa ^c   Murata, Norikazu ^c   Nakai, Hideki ^c   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^c   Ozaki, Syoichi ^c   Shimizu, Masatoshi ^c   Shiozawa, Shunichi ^c   Takasugi, Kiyoshi ^c   Goto, Makoto ^c  

^a TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Larsen score; Radiography; Rheumatoid arthritis; Scoring methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0041512032     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-003-0676-0     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Arnett FC, Edworthy SM, Bloch DA, et al. The American Rheumatism Association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1988;31:315-24.
2. Cats A. A multicentre controlled trial of the effects of different dosage of gold therapy, followed by a maintenance dosage. Agents Action 1976;6:355-63.
3. Feinstein AR. Principles of medical statistics. 1st edn. New York: Chapman & Hall/CRC; 2002. p. 65-6.
4. Genant HK. Methods of assessing radiographic change in rheumatoid arthritis. Am J Med 1983;75:35-47.
5. Kaye JJ, Fuchs HA, Moseley JW, et al. Problems with the Steinbrocker staging system for radiographic assessment of the rheumatoid hand and wrist. Invest Radiol 1990;25:536-44.
6. Kellgren JH. Radiological signs of rheumatoid arthritis: a study of observer differences in the reading of hand films. Ann Rheum Dis 1956;15:55-60.
7. Larsen A. How to apply Larsen score in evaluating radiographs of rheumatoid arthritis in longterm studies? J Rheumatol 1995;22:1974-5.
8. Larsen A, Dale K, Eek M. Radiographic evaluation of rheumatoid arthritis and related conditions by standard reference films. Acta Radiol Diagn 1977;18:481-91.
9. Larsen A, Edgren J, Harju E, et al. Interobserver variation in the evaluation of radiologic changes of rheumatoid arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 1979;8:109-12.
10. Mall JC, Genant HK, Silcox DC, et al. The efficacy of fine-detail radiography in the evaluation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Radiology 1974;112:37-42.
11. Martel W, Hayes JT, Duff IF. The pattern of bone erosion in the hand and wrist in rheumatoid arthritis. Radiology 1965;84:204-14.
12. Matsuno H, Panayi GS, Hicks P, et al. Differences in the postgraduate medical training system in rheumatology between the United Kingdom and Japan. Mod Rheumatol 2001;11:83-5.
13. Nance EP Jr, Kaye JJ, Callahan L, et al. Observer variation in quantitative assessment of rheumatoid arthritis. Part I. Scoring erosions and joint space narrowing. Invest Radiol 1986;21:922-7.
14. O'Sullivan MM, Lewis PA, Newcombe RG, et al. Precision of Larsen grading of radiographs in assessing progression of rheumatoid arthritis in individual patients. Ann Rheum Dis 1990;49:286-9.
15. Paimela L, Laasonen L, Helve T, et al. Comparison of the original and the modified Larsen methods and Sharp method in scoring radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1998;25:1063-6.
16. Pincus T, Callahan LF, Fuchs HA, et al. Quantitative analysis of hand radiographs in rheumatoid arthritis: time course of radiographic changes, relation to joint examination measures, and comparison of different scoring methods. J Rheumatol 1995;22: 1983-9.
17. Plant MJ, Saklatvala J, Borg AA, et al. Measurement and prediction of radiological progression in early rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 1994;21:1808-13.
18. Sharp JT. Radiologic assessment as an outcome measure in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1989;32:221-9.
19. Sharp JT, Lidsky MD, Collins LC, et al. Methods of scoring the progression of radiographic changes in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1971;14:706-20.
20. Sharp JT, Young DY, Bluhm GB, et al. How many joints in the hands and wrists should be included in a score of radiologic abnormalities used to assess rheumatoid arthritis? Arthritis Rheum 1985;28:1326-35.
21. Shiokawa Y, Horiuchi Y, Honma M, et al. Clinical evaluation of D-penicillamine by multicentric double-blind comparative study in chronic rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1977;20:1464-72.
22. Steinbrocker O, Traeger CH, Batterman RC. Therapeutic criteria in rheumatoid arthritis. JAMA 1949;140:659-62.
23. Van der Heijde DM, van Riel PCM, Nuver-Zwart IH, et al. Sulphasalazine versus hydroxychloroquine in rheumatoid arthritis: 3-year follow-up. Lancet 1990;335:539.
24. Wassenberg S, Rau R. Problems in evaluating radiographic findings in rheumatoid arthritis using different methods of radiographic scoring: examples of difficult cases and a study design to develop an improved scoring method. J Rheumatol 1995;22:1990-7.
25. Weinblatt ME, Trentham DE, Fraser PA, et al. Long-term prospective trial of low-dose methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 1988;31:167-75.