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Inter -and intraobserver variation of ultrasonographic cartilage thickness assessments in small and large joints in healthy children
Pediatric Rheumatology, 06/05/09

Spannow AH et al. - The authors found a good inter -and intraobserver agreement when measuring cartilage thickness with US. The inter- and intraobserver variation seemed not to be related to joint size. These findings suggest that positioning of the joint and the transducer is of major importance for reproducible US measurements. They found no difference in joint cartilage thickness between the left and right extremity in any of the examined joint of the healthy children. This is an important finding giving the opportunity of using the non-affected extremity as a reference when assessing articular joint cartilage damage in JIA.

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