Ultrasound composite scores for the assessment of inflammatory and structural pathologies in Psoriatic Arthritis (PsASon-Score)

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ficjan, Anja ^a   Husic, Rusmir ^a   Gretler, Judith ^a   Lackner, Angelika ^a   Graninger, Winfried B ^a   Gutierrez, Marwin ^b   Duftner, Christina ^c   Hermann, Josef ^a   Dejaco, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Both new PsA ultrasound composite scores (PsASon22 and PsASon13) revealed sufficient convergent construct validity; Reliability and feasibility; Sensitivity to change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BONE EROSION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISTAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTHESOPATHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREY SCALE CHANGE AT ENTHESIS; GREY SCALE PERISYNOVITIS; GREY SCALE SYNOVITIS; GREY SCALE TENOSYNOVITIS; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LARGE JOINT; LATERAL EPICONDYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOPHYTE; PATELLAR LIGAMENT; PATHOLOGY; POWER DOPPLER FINDING AT ENTHESIS; POWER DOPPLER FINDING AT JOINT; POWER DOPPLER PERISYNOVITIS; POWER DOPPLER TENOSYNOVITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; PSASON13 UNILATERAL ULTRASOUND COMPOSITE SCORE; PSASON22 BILATERAL ULTRASOUND COMPOSITE SCORE; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; BONE; DRUG EFFECTS; JOINT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIUM; TENDON; TIME FACTOR;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; BONE AND BONES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ISOXAZOLES; JOINTS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SULFASALAZINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TENDONS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84988838351     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-014-0476-2     Document Type: Article

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