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. 2021 Apr 8;11(4):669. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11040669

Table 1.

Studies Using Ultrasound to Assess Enthesitis.

Study Up Ext Low Ext Sites Hypo-Echo Enthes-Ophytes PD Eros Index Ref.
BUSES
Zuliani (2019) CETLA AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes BUSES [48]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Hartung (2018) CETLA
CFTME
AT 14 No No Yes No BUSES [49]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Florescu (2018) CETLA AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes BUSES [50]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Milutonivic (2017) CETLA AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes BUSES [51]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
D’Agostino Score
Yadav (2020) CETLA
CFTME
AT 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes D’Agostino [52]
PT
QT
Zhang (2017) CETLA AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes D’Agostino [53]
PF
PT (D)
QT
GT
GUESS
Alhussain (2019) None AT 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes GUESS [54]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Moshrif (2017) None AT 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes GUESS [55]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
MASEI
Juan Molina Collada (2020) TT AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [56]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Vyas (2020) TT AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [57]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Macia-Villa (2019) TT AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [58]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Ishida (2019) TT AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [59]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Wervers (2019) TT
CETLA
AT 14 Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [60]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Wervers (2018) TT
CETLA
AT 14 Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [61]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Polachek (2017) TT AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [62]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Harman (2018) AT 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [63]
Lanfranchi (2017) TT AT Yes Yes Yes Yes MASEI [64]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Other
Fujikawa (2020) CETLA AT 14 No Yes Yes Yes Other [65]
PT (P,D)
QT
MCL
LCL
Elnady (2019) CETLA
CFTME
AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes Other [66]
PF
PT (P, D)
Macchioni (2019) CETLA AT 14 Yes Yes Yes Yes Other [67]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
MCL
Tom (2019) CETLA AT 22 Yes Yes Yes Yes Other [68]
CFTME PF
TT PT (P,D)
ST QT
Deltoid TPT
Graceffa (2019) TT
CETLA
AT 16 No Yes Yes Yes Other [69]
PF
PT (P,D)
PL
MCL
Poulain (2018) CETLA AT 8 No No Yes No Other [44]
PT (P,D)
Balint (2018) CETLA AT 8 Yes Yes Yes Yes Other [46]
PT (P & D)
Ruyssen-Witrand (2017) CETLA AT 8 No Yes Yes Yes Other [70]
PT (P,D)
Ahmed (2017) None AT 4 No Yes Yes Yes Other [71]
PF
Wink (2017) CETLA
CFTME
AT 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes Other [72]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
PA
GT
Ward (2017) None PTT 4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Other [73]
PBT
Multiple Scores
Bertolini (2020) CETLA AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes GUESS, MASEI [74]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Martinis (2020) CETLA AT 12 Yes Yes Yes Yes GUESS, MASEI [75]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
Seven (2020) CETLA
TT
AT 14 Yes Yes Yes Yes GUESS, MASEI, SEI [76]
PT (P,D)
QT
GT
Ozsoy-Unubol (2018) TT
CETLA
CFTME
AT 18 Yes Yes Yes Yes GUESS, MASEI, D’Agostino [77]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT
TA
Ebstein (2018) TT
CETLA
AT 14 Yes Yes Yes Yes GUESS, MASEI [78]
PF
PT (P,D)
QT

Up Ext = upper extremity, Low Ext = lower extremity, Sites = number of examined sites, Hypo-echo = hypoechogenicity, PD = power Doppler, Eros = erosions, Ref = reference, CETLA = common extensor tendon of lateral epicondyle, CFTME = common flexor tendon of medial epicondyle, TT = triceps tendon, ST = supraspinatus tendon, PF = plantar fascia, PT = patellar tendon, GT = greater trochanter, TA = tibialis anterior, P = proximal, D = distal, QT = quadriceps tendon, AT = Achilles tendon, MCL = medial collateral ligament of the knee, LCL = lateral collateral ligament of the knee, PA = pes anserine, PTT = posterior tibial tendon, PBT = peroneus brevis tendon, PL = patellar ligament (tibial tuberosity), TPT = tibialis posterior tendon, BUSES = Belgrade Ultrasound Enthesitis Score, GUESS = Glasgow Ultrasound Enthesitis Scoring System, MASEI = Madrid Sonography Enthesitis Index, SEI = Spanish Enthesitis Index.