FULL LIST OF OMERACT PUBLICATIONS

 

KEY READINGS

Boers, M., Brooks, P., Strand, C. V., & Tugwell, P. (1998). The OMERACT filter for outcome measures in rheumatology. The Journal of Rheumatology, 25(2), 198-199. download

Tugwell, P., Boers, M., Brooks, P., Simon, L., Strand, V., & Idzerda, L. (2007). OMERACT: An
international initiative to improve outcome measurement in rheumatology. Trials, 8, 38. download

Henkel, G. (2008). Rheumatology's Divergent Thinkers: OMERACT Selects Outcome Measures with an Egalitarian Process. The Rheumatologist, February 2008, 20-21. download

RECENT OMERACT PUBLICATIONS

2008 OMERACT Publications

Davis, A. M., Perruccio, A. V., Canizares, M., Tennant, A., Hawker, G. A., Conaghan, P. G., et al. (2008). The development of a short measure of physical function for hip OA HOOS-physical function shortform (HOOS-PS): An OARSI/OMERACT initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society,

Gossec, L., Jordan, J. M., Mazzuca, S. A., Lam, M. A., Suarez-Almazor, M. E., Renner, J. B., et al. (2008). Comparative evaluation of three semi-quantitative radiographic grading techniques for knee osteoarthritis in terms of validity and reproducibility in 1759 X-rays: Report of the OARSI-OMERACT task force extended report. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society,

Hawker, G. A., Davis, A. M., French, M. R., Cibere, J., Jordan, J. M., March, L., et al. (2008). Development and preliminary psychometric testing of a new OA pain measure - an OARSI/OMERACT initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society, 16(4), 409-414.

Hawker, G. A., Stewart, L., French, M. R., Cibere, J., Jordan, J. M., March, L., et al. (2008). Understanding the pain experience in hip and knee osteoarthritis - an OARSI/OMERACT initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society, 16(4), 415-422.

Hetland, M. L., Ejbjerg, B. J., Horslev-Petersen, K., Jacobsen, S., Vestergaard, A., Jurik, A. G., et al. (2008). MRI bone oedema is the strongest predictor of subsequent radiographic progression in early rheumatoid arthritis. results from a 2 year randomized controlled trial (CIMESTRA). Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases,

Hodgson, R. J., O'Connor, P., & Moots, R. (2008). MRI of rheumatoid arthritis image quantitation for the assessment of disease activity, progression and response to therapy. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 47(1), 13-21.

Onel, E., Kolsun, K., & Kauffman, J. I. (2008). Post-hoc analysis of a head-to-head hyaluronic acid comparison in knee osteoarthritis using the 2004 OMERACT-OARSI responder criteria. Clinical Drug Investigation, 28(1), 37-45.

Perruccio, A. V., Stefan Lohmander, L., Canizares, M., Tennant, A., Hawker, G. A., Conaghan, P. G., et al. (2008). The development of a short measure of physical function for knee OA KOOS-physical function shortform (KOOS-PS) - an OARSI/OMERACT initiative. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society,

Salaffi, F., Filippucci, E., Carotti, M., Naredo, E., Meenagh, G., Ciapetti, A., et al. (2008). Inter-observer agreement of standard joint counts in early rheumatoid arthritis: A comparison with grey scale ultrasonography--a preliminary study. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 47(1), 54-58.

Tugwell, P., Idzerda, L., & Wells, G. A. (2008). Generic quality-of-life assessment in rheumatoid arthritis. The American Journal of Managed Care, 14(4), 234.

 

2007 OMERACT Publications

Boesen, M., Jensen, K. E., Torp-Pedersen, S., Cimmino, M. A., Danneskiold-Samsoe, B., & Bliddal, H. (2007). Intra-articular distribution pattern after ultrasound-guided injections in wrist joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. European Journal of Radiology,

Dohn, U. M., Ejbjerg, B. J., Hasselquist, M., Narvestad, E., Court-Payen, M., Szkudlarek, M., et al. (2007). Rheumatoid arthritis bone erosion volumes on CT and MRI: Reliability and correlations with erosion scores on CT, MRI and radiography. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 66(10), 1388-1392.

Dohn, U. M., Skjodt, H., Hetland, M. L., Vestergaard, A., Moller, J. M., Knudsen, L. S., et al. (2007). No erosive progression revealed by MRI in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with etanercept, even in patients with persistent MRI and clinical signs of joint inflammation.Clinical Rheumatology, 26(11), 1857-1861.

Duer-Jensen, A., Vestergaard, A., Dohn, U. M., Ejbjerg, B., Hetland, M. L., Albrecht-Beste, E., et al. (2007). Detection of rheumatoid arthritis bone erosions by 2 different dedicated extremity MRI units and conventional radiography. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases,

Freeston, J. E., Olech, E., Yocum, D., Hensor, E. M., Emery, P., & Conaghan, P. G. (2007). A modification of the omeract RA MRI score for erosions for use with an extremity MRI system with reduced field of view. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 66(12), 1669-1671.

Furst, D. E. (2007). Measuring outcomes in PAH: The gap between the measures that are used and their validity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1107, 410-416.

Haavardsholm, E. A., Boyesen, P., Ostergaard, M., Schildvold, A., & Kvien, T. K. (2007). MRI findings in 84 early rheumatoid arthritis patients: Bone marrow edema predicts erosive progression. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases,

Haavardsholm, E. A., Ostergaard, M., Ejbjerg, B. J., Kvan, N. P., & Kvien, T. K. (2007). Introduction of a novel magnetic resonance imaging tenosynovitis score for rheumatoid arthritis: Reliability in a multireader longitudinal study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 66(9), 1216-1220.

Harrison, M. J., Hassell, A., Dawes, P. T., Scott, D. L., Knight, S. M., Davis, M. J., et al. (2007). The overall status in rheumatoid arthritis (OSRA) measure--further evidence to support its use in clinical practice. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 46(5), 849-855.

Marzo-Ortega, H., Rhodes, L. A., Tan, A. L., Tanner, S. F., Conaghan, P. G., Hensor, E. M., et al. (2007). Evidence for a different anatomic basis for joint disease localization in polymyalgia rheumatica in comparison with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 56(10), 3496-3501.

Mazieres, B., Hucher, M., Zaim, M., & Garnero, P. (2007). Effect of chondroitin sulphate in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: A multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 66(5), 639-645.

Singh, J. A., Solomon, D. H., Dougados, M., Felson, D., Hawker, G., Katz, P., et al. (2007). Contributions of OMERACT to rheumatic disease research. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 57(1), 186.

Sokka, T., Makinen, H., Hannonen, P., & Pincus, T. (2007). Most people over age 50 in the general population do not meet ACR remission criteria or OMERACT minimal disease activity criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 46(6), 1020-1023.

Taylor, W. J., Schumacher, H. R.,Jr, Baraf, H. S., Chapman, P., Stamp, L., Doherty, M., et al. (2007). A modified delphi exercise to determine the extent of consensus with OMERACT outcome domains for studies of acute and chronic gout. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases,

Tugwell, P., Boers, M., Brooks, P., Simon, L., Strand, V., & Idzerda, L. (2007). OMERACT: An international initiative to improve outcome measurement in rheumatology. Trials, 8, 38.

Varni, J. W., Burwinkle, T. M., Limbers, C. A., & Szer, I. S. (2007). The PedsQL as a patient-reported outcome in children and adolescents with fibromyalgia: An analysis of OMERACT domains. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 5, 9.

Wieners, G., Detert, J., Streitparth, F., Pech, M., Fischbach, F., Burmester, G., et al. (2007). High-resolution MRI of the wrist and finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison of 1.5 tesla and 3.0 tesla. European Radiology, 17(8), 2176-2182.

Wolfe, F., Rasker, J. J., Boers, M., Wells, G. A., & Michaud, K. (2007). Minimal disease activity, remission, and the long-term outcomes of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatism, 57(6), 935-942.