Systematic review of MRI, ultrasound, and scintigraphy as outcome measures for structural pathology in interventional therapeutic studies of knee arthritis: Focus on responsiveness

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-154

  Keen, Helen I ^a   Mease, Philip J ^b   Bingham III, Clifton O ^c   Giles, Jon T ^c   Kaeley, Gurjit ^d   Conaghan, Philip G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Seattle Rheumatology ^*  (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Imaging; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Omeract; Scintigraphy; Systematic review; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EFFUSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SYNOVIUM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THICKNESS; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDLINE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650861013     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.100377     Document Type: Review

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