How many joints in the hands and wrists should be included in a score of radiologic abnormalities used to assess rheumatoid arthritis?

✍ Scribed by John T. Sharp; Donald Y. Young; Gilbert B. Bluhm; Andrew Brook; Anne C. Brower; Mary Corbett; John L. Decker; Harry K. Genant; J. Philip Gofton; Neal Goodman; Arvi Larsen; Martin D. Lidsky; Pekka Pussila; Aaron S. Weinstein; Barbara N. Weissman; John T. Sharp; Donald Y. Young; Gilbert B. Bluhm; Andrew Brook; Anne C. Brower; Mary Corbett; John L. Decker; Harry K. Genant; J. Philip Gofton; Neal Goodman; Arvi Larsen; Martin D. Lidsky; Pekka Pussila; Aaron S. Weinstein; Barbara N. Weissman

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 842 KB
• Volume: 28
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780281203

✦ Synopsis

Numerous methods for reading abnormalities of rheumatoid arthritis in hand and wrist radiographs have been proposed over the past several decades. There are many differences among these methods, one of the more striking of which is the variation in the number of joints that are scored. In this study, we tested the number of joints that need to be read in order to represent abnormalities accurately and reproducibly, using the scores of multiple observers. Thirteen rheumatologists and radiologists each read a set of 41