A pilot experiment of joint assessments by accreditation and certification bodies in clinical laboratories

Ultrasound measurement of joint cartilag

Ultrasound measurement of joint cartilage thickness in large and small joints in healthy children: a clinical pilot study assessing observer variability

✍ Anne Helene Spannow; Elisabeth Stenboeg; Mogens Pfeiffer-Jensen; Troels Herlin 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 BioMed Central 🌐 English ⚖ 573 KB

## Background Loss of joint cartilage is a feature of destructive disease in JIA. The cartilage of most joints can be visualized with ultrasonography (US). Our present study focuses on discriminant validity of US in children. We studied reproducibility between and within a skilled and a non-skilled