| Literature DB >> 17407242 |
Désirée van der Heijde1, Robert Landewé, Kay-Geert Hermann, Martin Rudwaleit, Mikkel Østergaard, Ans Oostveen, Phil O'Connor, Walter P Maksymowych, Robert G Lambert, Cédric Lukas, Anne Grethe Jurik, Maarten Boers, Xenofon Baraliakos, Jürgen Braun.
Abstract
This report summarizes the discussion during a module update at OMERACT 8 on scoring methods for activity in the spine on magnetic resonance imaging. The conclusion was that the 3 available scoring methods are all very good with respect to discrimination and feasibility: the Ankylosing Spondylitis spine MRI score for activity (ASspiMRI-a), the Berlin method (a modification of the ASspiMRI-a), and the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada Magnetic Resonance Imaging Index for Assessment of Spinal Inflammation in AS (SPARCC). All 3 methods were judged to be similar with respect to responsiveness and discrimination, although the differences in between-reader intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) were judged to be relevant (the SPARCC method provided consistently higher ICC). The Berlin and SPARCC methods were preferred most frequently. The development of a new method combining the best elements of all methods is an additional possibility.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17407242
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Rheumatol ISSN： 0315-162X Impact factor: 4.666