Reliability of ultrasonography in detecting shoulder disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Authors
Bruyn, G A WNaredo, E
Möller, I
Moragues, C
Garrido, J
de Bock, G H
d'Agostino, M-A
Filippucci, E
Iagnocco, A
Backhaus, M
Swen, W A A
Balint, P
Pineda, C
Milutinovic, S
Kane, D
Kaeley, G
Narvaez, F J
Wakefield, R J
Narvaez, J A
de Augustin, J
Schmidt, W A
Affiliation
Department of Rheumatology, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden, 8934 AD Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. gawbruyn@wxs.nlIssue Date
2009-03MeSH
AgedArthritis, Rheumatoid
Bursitis
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Observer Variation
Reproducibility of Results
Shoulder Joint
Synovitis
Tenosynovitis
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Reliability of ultrasonography in detecting shoulder disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 2009, 68 (3):357-61 Ann. Rheum. Dis.Journal
Annals of the rheumatic diseasesDOI
10.1136/ard.2008.089243PubMed ID
18390570Abstract
To assess the intra and interobserver reproducibility of musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) among rheumatologists in detecting destructive and inflammatory shoulder abnormalities in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to determine the overall agreement between US and MRI.Item Type
ArticleLanguage
enISSN
1468-2060ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/ard.2008.089243