Test–Retest Reliability and Sensitivity to Change of Ultrasound‐Based Methods of Measuring Synovial Inflammation in Knee Osteoarthritis

OBJECTIVES: To assess test-retest reliability of musculoskeletal ultrasound (US) measures of inflammation in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to assess the sensitivity to change of US measures of inflammation in patients with knee OA. METHODS: To mimic a common clinical scenario, 36 patients (n = 70 knees) with symptomatic knee OA who were in stable condition underwent 2 assessments within 14 days by different operators and different …