Influence of recent exercise and skin temperature on ultrasound doppler measurements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - An intervention study

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1520-1523

  Ellegaard, Karen ^a   Torp Pedersen, Søren ^a   Henriksen, Marius ^a   Lund, Hans ^b   Danneskiold Samsøe, Bente ^a,c   Bliddal, Henning ^a,c  

^a The Parker Institute   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovium; Ultrasonography; Wrist

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HEATING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; WRIST;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COLD TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 75649103503     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kep294     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Terslev L, Torp-Pedersen S, Qvistgaard E et al. Effects of treatment with etanercept (Enbrel, TNRF:Fc) on rheumatoid arthritis evaluated by Doppler ultrasonography. Ann Rheum Dis 2003;62:178-81.
2. Schmidt WA, Volker L, Zacher J, Schlafke M, Ruhnke M, Gromnica-Ihle E. Colour Doppler ultrasonography to detect pannus in knee joint synovitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2000;18:439-44.
3. Ellegaard K, Torp-Pedersen S, Terslev L, Danneskiold-Samsoe B, Henriksen M, Bliddal H. Ultrasound colour Doppler measurements in a single joint as measure of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - assessment of concurrent validity. Rheumatology 2009;48:254-57.
4. Strunk J, Strube K, Klingenberger P, Muller-Ladner U, Lange U. Two- and threedimensional Doppler sonographic evaluation of the effect of local cryotherapy on synovial perfusion in wrist arthritis. Rheumatology 2006;45:637-40.
5. Kelly S, Taylor P, Pitzalis C. Three dimensional power Doppler signal is more sensitive to changes than two dimentional signal under a physiological stimulus [Abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2008;58:S467.
6. Ellegaard K, Torp-Pedersen S, Jensen PS, Lund H, Danneskiod-Samsoe B, Bliddal H. The influence of physical activity, skin temperature and daily variation on the colour-Doppler measurements in patients with rheumatoid arthritis [Abstract]. Ann Rheum Dis 2007;66:651.
7. Tugwell P, Bombardier C. A methodologic framework for developing and selecting endpoints in clinical trials. J Rheumatol 1982;9:758-62.
8. 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.
9. Ellegaard K, Torp-Pedersen S, Lund H et al. Quantification of colour Doppler activity in the wrist in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - the reliability of different methods for image selection and evaluation. Ultraschall Med 2008;29:393-8.
10. Qvistgaard E, Rogind H, Torp-Pedersen S, Terslev L, Danneskiold-Samsoe B, Bliddal H. Quantitative ultrasonography in rheumatoid arthritis: evaluation of inflammation by Doppler technique. Ann Rheum Dis 2001;60:690-3.
11. Brown AK, Conaghan PG, Karim Z et al. An explanation for the apparent dissociation between clinical remission and continued structural deterioration in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 2008;58:2958-67.
12. Ozgocmen S, Ozdemir H, Kiris A, Bozgeyik Z, Ardicoglu O. Clinical evaluation and power Doppler sonography in rheumatoid arthritis: evidence for ongoing synovial inflammation in clinical remission. South Med J 2008;101:240-5.
13. Wakefield RJ, D'Agostino MA, Iagnocco A et al. The OMERACT Ultrasound Group: status of current activities and research directions. J Rheumatol 2007;34:848-51.