Table 2. Ultrasonographic enthesitis values at baseline and three months after treatment.
| Baseline | 3rd month | Effect size | p | |||||
| Mean±SD | Median | Min-Max | Mean±SD | Median | Min-Max | |||
| MASEI-total | 30 | 0-70 | 22 | 3-64 | -0.527 | <0.001 | ||
| MASEI-inflammatory | 22.52±11.22 | 13.81±8.21 | 0.811* | <0.001* | ||||
| MASEI-damage | 9 | 0-38 | 9 | 0-27 | -0.167 | 0.187 | ||
| MASEI-Doppler | 15 | 0-30 | 6 | 0-18 | -0.439 | 0.001 | ||
| MASEI-structure | 4 | 0-10 | 3 | 0-9 | -0.345 | 0.006 | ||
| MASEI-thickness | 4 | 0-9 | 3 | 0-8 | -0.425 | 0.001 | ||
| MASEI-bursitis | 1 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-2 | -0.362 | 0.004 | ||
| MASEI-erosion | 3 | 0-24 | 3 | 0-15 | -0.248 | 0.051 | ||
| MASEI-calcification | 5 | 0-21 | 6 | 0-21 | -0.026 | 0.832 | ||
| SD: Standard deviation; MASEI: Madrid Sonographic Enthesitis Index; Pre- and posttreatment comparisons were performed with the Wilcoxon test. * Pre- and posttreatment comparison was performed with Paired Sample t-test. | ||||||||