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Clinimetrics of Ultrasound Pathologies in Osteoarthritis: Systematic Literature Review and Meta-analysis by W.M. Oo; J.M. Linklater; M. Daniel; S. Saarakkala; J. Samuels; P.G. Conaghan; H.I. Keen; L.A. Deveza; D.J. Hunter is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Objective: The aims of this study were to systematically review clinimetrics of commonly assessed ultrasound pathologies in knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis (oa), and to conduct a meta-analysis for each clinimetric. ## Methods: Medline, embase, and cochrane library databases were searched from their inceptions to september 2016. according to the outcome measures in rheumatology (omeract) instrument selection algorithm, data extraction focused on ultrasound technical features and performance metrics. methodological quality was assessed with modified 19-item downs and black score and 11-item quality appraisal of diagnostic reliability (qarel) score. separate meta-analyses were performed for clinimetrics: (1) inter-rater/intra-rater reliability; (2) construct validity; (3) criteria validity; and (4) internal/external responsiveness. statistical package for the social sciences (spss), excel and comprehensive meta-analysis were used. ## Result: Our search identified 1126 records; of these, 100 were eligible, including a total of 8542 patients and 32,373 joints. the average downs and black score was 13.01, and average qarel was 5.93. the stratified meta-analysis was performed only fo

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Author

W.M. Oo; J.M. Linklater; M. Daniel; S. Saarakkala; J. Samuels; P.G. Conaghan; H.I. Keen; L.A. Deveza; D.J. Hunter

Published

2018

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)