H B Hammer1, A Iagnocco2, A Mathiessen1, E Filippucci3, F Gandjbakhch4, M C Kortekaas5, I Möller6, E Naredo7, R J Wakefield8, P Aegerter9, M-A D'Agostino10. 1. Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway. 2. Rheumatology Unit, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy. 3. Clinica Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi (Ancona), Italy. 4. Department of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France UPMC Université Paris 06, Paris, France. 5. Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands Department of Rheumatology, Flevoziekenhuis, The Netherlands. 6. Instituto Poal de Reumatologia, Barcelona, Spain. 7. Department of Rheumatology, Hospital GU Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. 8. Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Leeds, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK. 9. Université Versailles-Saint Quentin En Yvelines, Paris, France Department of Public Health, AP-HP, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France. 10. Université Versailles-Saint Quentin En Yvelines, Inserm U987, Boulogne-Billancourt, France Department of Rheumatology, AP-HP, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Ultrasonography is sensitive for the evaluation of cartilage pathology and degree of osteophytes in patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA). High consistency of assessments is essential, and the OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology) ultrasonography group took the initiative to explore the reliability of a global ultrasonography score in patients with hand OA using semiquantitative ultrasonography score of cartilage and osteophytes in finger joints. METHODS: Ten patients with hand OA were examined by 10 experienced sonographers over the course of two days. Semiquantitative scoring (0-3) was performed on osteophytes (carpo-metacarpal 1, metacarpo-phalangeal (MCP) 1-5, proximal interphalangeal 1-5 and distal interphalangeal 2-5 joints bilaterally with an ultrasonography atlas as reference) and cartilage pathology (MCP 2-5 bilaterally). A web-based exercise on static cartilage images was performed a month later. Reliability was assessed by use of weighted κ analyses. RESULTS: Osteophyte scores were evenly distributed, and the intraobserver and interobserver reliabilities were substantial to excellent (κ range 0.68-0.89 and mean κ 0.65 (day 1) and 0.67 (day 2), respectively). Cartilage scores were unevenly distributed, and the intraobserver and interobserver reliability was fair to moderate (κ range 0.46-0.66 and mean κ 0.39 (day 1) and 0.33 (day 2), respectively). The web-based exercise showed acceptable agreement for cartilage being normal (κ 0.47) or with complete loss (κ 0.68), but poor for the intermediate scores (κ 0.22-0.30). CONCLUSIONS: Use of the present semiquantitative ultrasonography scoring system for cartilage pathology in hand OA is not recommended (while normal or total loss of cartilage may be assessed). However, the OMERACT ultrasonography group will endorse the use of semiquantitative scoring of osteophytes with the ultrasonography atlas as reference. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/
OBJECTIVE: Ultrasonography is sensitive for the evaluation of cartilage pathology and degree of osteophytes in patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA). High consistency of assessments is essential, and the OMERACT (Outcome Measures in Rheumatology) ultrasonography group took the initiative to explore the reliability of a global ultrasonography score in patients with hand OA using semiquantitative ultrasonography score of cartilage and osteophytes in finger joints. METHODS: Ten patients with hand OA were examined by 10 experienced sonographers over the course of two days. Semiquantitative scoring (0-3) was performed on osteophytes (carpo-metacarpal 1, metacarpo-phalangeal (MCP) 1-5, proximal interphalangeal 1-5 and distal interphalangeal 2-5 joints bilaterally with an ultrasonography atlas as reference) and cartilage pathology (MCP 2-5 bilaterally). A web-based exercise on static cartilage images was performed a month later. Reliability was assessed by use of weighted κ analyses. RESULTS: Osteophyte scores were evenly distributed, and the intraobserver and interobserver reliabilities were substantial to excellent (κ range 0.68-0.89 and mean κ 0.65 (day 1) and 0.67 (day 2), respectively). Cartilage scores were unevenly distributed, and the intraobserver and interobserver reliability was fair to moderate (κ range 0.46-0.66 and mean κ 0.39 (day 1) and 0.33 (day 2), respectively). The web-based exercise showed acceptable agreement for cartilage being normal (κ 0.47) or with complete loss (κ 0.68), but poor for the intermediate scores (κ 0.22-0.30). CONCLUSIONS: Use of the present semiquantitative ultrasonography scoring system for cartilage pathology in hand OA is not recommended (while normal or total loss of cartilage may be assessed). However, the OMERACT ultrasonography group will endorse the use of semiquantitative scoring of osteophytes with the ultrasonography atlas as reference. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/
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Hand Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis; Ultrasonography
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