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Table 1 Characteristics of the studies

From: Ultrasound in the evaluation of enthesitis: status and perspectives

Year

Authors

Type of Article

Sample Size

Population of interest

Entheses sites of interest

Face validity

1987

Maffulli [42]

case series

47

Athletes

A

N

1989

Olivieri [47]

case report

1

SPA

A, PF, ischial tuberosity, trochanter

N

1994

Lehtinen [40]

case control

39

SPA (ReA, PsA, AS)

pelvic adductor origin, trochanter, ischial tuberosity, PT, A, PF

N

1995

Lehtinen [39]

cohort

23

SPA

ischial tuberosity, trochanter, PT, A, PF

N

1998

Olivieri [46]

case series

14

SPA

A (hanging free over the edge of the table)

N

1999

Gibbon [32]

case control

370

clinically idiopathic plantar fasciitis, SPA, RA, Achilles tendon disease, ankle instability, healthy subjects

A, PF (90°)

N

2000

Balint [17]

case report

1

PsA

A (hanging free)

N

2000

Galluzzo [29]

case series

31

PsA

A, PF

N

2001

Cosentino [19]

RCT

60

patients with talalgia

PF

N

2002

Balint [16]

case series

35

SPA (AS, PsA, ReA)

GUESS score: A, PF (90°),PTPI, PTDI, Q (30°)

N

2002

D'Agostino [21]

case report

2

SPA

A, PF

N

2002

Falsetti [10]

case control

450

SPA ,RA, OA, painful shoulders, healthy subjects

Deltoid tendon insertion

N

2002

Falsetti [28]

case control

178

PMR, SPA(PsA, AIBD, uSpA), RA

wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle, heel

N

2002

Frediani [27]

case control

160

PsA, RA, healthy subjects

Q (30°)

N

2003

D'Agostino [22]

case control

228

SPA, MBP, RA

A, PF, tibialis anterior tendon, CET, FCT, PT, Q, gluteus medius and minimus tendons

N

2003

De Simone [24]

case control

109

psoriatic with arthritis or spondylitis, healthy subjects

A

N

2003

Falsetti [11]

case control

598

EOA , NOA , RA, PsA, healthy subjects

A, PF

N

2003

Kamel [34]

case series

32

SPA

A, PF

Y

2004

Falsetti [9]

case control

157

CCA, OA, healthy subjects

A, PF

N

2004

Kamel [35]

case series

16

SPA

PT

N

2005

Genc [30]

case control

62

RA , AS, healthy subjects

*

N

2005

Ozçakar [48]

case control

50

Psoriasis, healthy subjects

A (Neutral flexion)

N

2005

Ozgocmen [49]

case report

1

AS

A

N

2005

Wakefield [52]

consensus

-

NA

NA

N

2006

Borman [18]

case series

44

SPA (AS, PsA, ReA, uSpA)

A, PF

N

2006

Fournie [26]

case control

41

PsA, RA

flexor tendons of the hand

N

2006

Kiris [37]

case series

30

AS

MASES **

N

2006

Tse [51]

case report

1

AS

A, PF, Q, PT

N

2007

Alcalde [14]

case control

54

AS, healthy subjects

A(neutral flexion), PF (neutral flexion),PTPI(60°), PTDI (60°), Q (60°)

N

2007

Genc [31]

cohort

54

RA, AS

GUESS *

N

2007

Kerimoglu [36]

case series

49

Hemodialysis

GUESS *

N

2007

Scarpa [50]

case control

47

PsA , "sine psoriasis"patients

All entheses with increased tracer uptake in scintigraphy

N

2007

Wiell [53]

case control

20

PsA, RA, healthy subjects

flexor/extensor tendons of the hands

Y

2008

de Miguel [23]

case control

54

SPA(AS, ReA, uSpA, PsA, juvenile SPA), healthy subjects

MASEI score: A (90°), PF (90°), PTPI (70°), PTDI (70°), Q, brachial triceps tendon (90°)

N

2008

Filippou [12]

case series

7

Ochronosis

flexor/extensor tendon of the hand, CET, CFT, distal brachial triceps tendon, gluteus medius and minimus tendons, Q, PT, iliotibial band, A, PF, anterior and posterior tibialis tendon, peroneal tendon, toe extensor tendon

N

2008

Gisondi [33]

case control

60

Psoriasis, healthy subjects

GUESS *

N

2008

Hatemi [7]

case control

160

Behçet, AS, RA, healthy control

GUESS *

Y

2008

Klauser [38]

case control

33

SPA (AS, PsA, uSpA, ReA, AIBD), RA, patients with non rheumatic disease

MASES **

N

2008

Mc Gonagle [44]

case control

47

SPA(AS, PsA, ReA), healthy subjects

A (90°)

N

2009

D'Agostino [20]

case series

5

SPA(AS, uSpA, PsA, AIBD)

Q, PTPI , CET, A, PF

N

2009

Filippucci [13]

case series

28

SPA

A (hanging in neutral position)

N

2009

Matsos [43]

case series

62

NA

NA

N

2009

Munoz-Fernandez [45]

case control

79

SPA, anterior uveitis, healthy subjects

MASEI ***

N

2009

Filippucci [25]

case series

NA

PsA

A

N

2009

Iagnocco [8]

case series

93

SPA

A(hanging in neutral position)

N

2010

Gutierrez [6]

case series

30

PsA

U: A, Apo, PT

N

2010

Li [41]

case control

70

SPA(AS, ReA, PsA,AIBD, uSpA), healthy subjects

A (90°)

N

2010

Aydin [15]

Case series

43

SPA

A (hanging in neutral position)

N

  1. A, Achilles tendon; AIBD, arthritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease; AS , ankylosing spondylitis; ASIS, anterior superior iliac spines; CET, commun extensor tendon insertion on lateral epicondyle; CFT, common flexor tendon insertion on medial epicondyle; EOA, erosive osteoarthritis; MBP, mechanical low back pain; NA, not available; NOA, nodular osteoarthritis; OA, osteoarthritis; PF, Plantar Fascia; PMR, polymyalgia rheumatica; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; PSIS, posterior superior iliac spines; PT, patellar tendon; PTDI, patellar tendon distal insertion; PTPI, patellar tendon proximal insertion; Q, quadriceps; RA , rheumatoid arthritis; RCT, randomized control trial; ReA, reactive arthritis; SPA, spondylarthropathy; uSpA, undifferenciated spondyloarthritis
  2. * GUESS score: A; PF (90°),PTPI, PTDI, Q (30°), ** MASES: 1st and 7th costosternal joints, PSIS, ASIS, iliac crests, A, 5th lumbar spinous process, *** MASEI score: A (90°), PF (90°), PTPI (70°), PTDI (70°), Q, brachial triceps tendon (90°)