Trickey, J;
Sahbudin, I;
Azzolin, I;
Bortoluzzi, A;
Bruyn, G;
Carron, P;
Ciurtin, C;
... Filer, A; + view all
(2021)
Very low prevalence of ultrasound detected tenosynovial abnormalities in healthy subjects throughout the age range: OMERACT ultrasound minimal disease study.
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
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Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of ultrasound detected tendon abnormalities in healthy subjects (HS) across the age range. / Methods: Adult HS (age 18 to 80 years) were recruited in 23 international Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) ultrasound centres and clinically assessed to exclude inflammatory diseases or overt osteoarthritis before undergoing a bilateral ultrasound examination of digit flexor (DF) 1-5 and extensor carpi ulnaris (ECU) tendons to detect the presence of tenosynovial hypertrophy (TSH), power Doppler (TPD) and tenosynovial effusion (TEF), usually considered ultrasound signs of inflammatory diseases. A comparison cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients was taken from the Birmingham BEACON early arthritis inception cohort. / Results: 939 HS and 144 RA patients were included. The majority of HS (85%) had grade 0 for TSH, TPD and TEF in all DF and ECU tendons examined. There was statistically significant difference in the proportion of TSH and TPD involvement between HS and RA subjects (HS vs RA p<0.001). In HS there was no difference in the presence of ultrasound abnormalities between age groups. / Conclusions: Ultrasound detected TSH and TPD abnormalities are rare in HS and can be regarded as markers of active inflammatory disease in newly presenting suspected RA.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Very low prevalence of ultrasound detected tenosynovial abnormalities in healthy subjects throughout the age range: OMERACT ultrasound minimal disease study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://ard.bmj.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Ultrasound, healthy, tendons, rheumatoid arthritis, tenosynovitis |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inflammation |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10131031 |
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