Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis
Using Ultrasound to Improve Diagnostic Confidence and Management of Psoriatic Disease: Highlights From the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA) 2023 Ultrasound Workshop
Study context
- Population
- Patients with PsA (live demonstration); GRAPPA ultrasound (US) working group sessions, annual GRAPPA meeting, July 2023, Dublin, Ireland
- Comparison
- 2 hand-held US devices vs a console US machine
Methodological detailsworkshop, live demonstration, group discussion, GRAPPA US working group ran 2 sessions during the annual GRAPPA meeting, July 2023, Dublin, Ireland
- Workshop
- Live demonstration
- Group discussion
- GRAPPA US working group ran 2 sessions during the annual GRAPPA meeting, July 2023, Dublin, Ireland
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Overview of the Diagnostic Ultrasound Enthesitis Tool (DUET) enthesitis scoring methodology presented
- Small hand-held probes: will the promise deliver? presented
- Live demonstration compared performance of 2 hand-held US (HHUS) devices vs a console US machine in PsA
- Group discussion considered literature gaps and future research on HHUS in psoriatic disease
- Updates on GRAPPA US studies underway or recently completed
Original publication
Using Ultrasound to Improve Diagnostic Confidence and Management of Psoriatic Disease: Highlights From the GRAPPA 2023 Ultrasound Workshop. J Rheumatol. Published 15 July 2024. doi:10.
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