Journal
JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 46, Issue 9, Pages 1215-1221Publisher
J RHEUMATOL PUBL CO
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.181084
Keywords
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ARTHRITIS; OMERACT
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- Danish Rheumatism Association
- Rigshospitalet
- NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre
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Objective. To develop a whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scoring system for peripheral arthritis and enthesitis. Methods. After consensus on definitions/locations of MRI pathologies,4 multireader exercises were performed. Eighty-three joints were scored 0-3 separately for synovitis and osteitis, and 33 entheses 0-3 separately for soft tissue inflammation and osteitis. Results. In the last exercise, reliability was moderate-good for musculoskeletal radiologists and rheumatologists with previously demonstrated good scoring proficiency. Median pairwise single-measure/average-measure ICC were 0.67/0.80 for status scores and 0.69/0.82 for change scores; kappa ranged 0.35 0.77. Conclusion. Whole-body MRI scoring of peripheral arthritis and enthesitis is reliable, which encourages further testing and refinement in clinical trials.
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