Mission and Vision
Arthritis and its related rheumatic conditions constitute a heterogenous group of diseases and diagnostic imaging is indispensable in the primary investigation as well as quantification of diseases extent and severity. Standard radiographs still play a crucial role in initial assessment and US, CT, and MRI significantly contribute to qualitative and quantitative assessment both in early stage as well as in assessment of disease response.
The Arthritis Subcommittee of the ESSR was founded in 2003 by Prof. Kainberger who established the founding principles and led a group of enthusiastic and highly motivated colleagues. The intention of our group is to further promote education and research in arthritis including the dissemination of diagnostic algorithms, standardisation of protocols as well as the dissemination of knowledge in image interpretation and the organization of multicenter studies to aid Musculoskeletal radiologists in Europe.
Annually, the Subcommittee organizes the “Arthritis Imaging” Session at the ESSR meetings.
CHAIRPERSON
Chairperson
Dr. Monique Reijnierse
Leiden, Netherlands
Term of office 2024 – 2027
Vice-Chairperson
Dr. Andrea Rosskopf
Zurich, Switzerland
Term of office 2024 – 2027
CHAIRPERSON
Past chairpersons
Dr. Chiara Giraudo, 2021-2024
Prof. Lennart Jans, 2018-2021
Prof. Iwona Sudol-Szopinska, 2015-2018
Prof. Claudia Weidekamm 2011-2015
Prof. Anne Grethe Jurik 2007-2011
Dr. Philip O’Conner 2003-2007
Prof. Franz Kainberger- initiator of the Arthritis Subcommittee and first chairperson 2003
Members
For a list of subcommittee members, please VISIT HERE
PROJECTS
Dear Colleagues,
the Members of the Arthritis Subcommittee prepared some Tips about the main radiological features of some main rheumatic diseases, which we hope could be useful to refresh your knowledge and support you in your daily clinical activity. Every month one or two topics will be posted on the webpage of our Society for an overall number of ten files covering diseases ranging from rheumatoid arthritis to chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis. We hope you will enjoy the initiative!
MR Protocols in Rheumatology
Research:
– Quantitative imaging for osteoarthritis.
– Application of DECT for rheumatic diseases.
– Standardisation & Glossary of terms for axial-Spondyloarthritis.
– Survey on the role of women in musculoskeletal imaging with a special focus on female radiologists working in the rheumatology field.
Common projects for download:
Imaging and interpretation of axial spondylarthritis: the radiologist’s perspective–consensus of the Arthritis Subcommittee of the ESSR
Weidekamm C, Mascarenhas VV, Sudol-Szopinska I, Boutry N, Plagou A, Klauser A, Wick M, Platzgummer H, Jans L, Mester A, Kainberger F, Aström G, Guglielmi G, Eshed I.Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2014 Jul;18(3):265-79. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1375569.
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Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee for the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Musculoskeletal Rheumatic Diseases
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, Anne Grethe Jurik, Iris Eshed, Jans Lennart, Andrew Grainger, Mikkel Østergaard, Andrea Klauser, Anne Cotten, Marius C. Wick, Mario Maas, Falk Miese, Niels Egund, Nathalie Boutry, Mitja Rupreht, Monique Reijnierse, Edwin H. G. Oei, Reinhard Meier, Phil O’Connor, Antoine Feydy, Vasco Mascarenhas, Athena Plagou, Paolo Simoni, Hannes Platzgummer, Winston J. Rennie, Adam Mester, James Teh, Philip Robinson, Giuseppe Guglielmi, Gunnar Åström, Claudia Weiderkamm, Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2015;19:396–411.
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Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee on Ultrasonography in Inflammatory Joint Disease
Plagou A, Teh J, Grainger AJ, Weidekamm C, Sudoł-Szopińska I, Rennie W, Åström G, Feydy A, Giraudo C, Guerini H, Guglielmi G, Isaac A, Jans L, Jurik AG, Kainberger F, Maas M, Martinoli C, Mascarenhas VV, Miese F, O’Connor P, Oei EH, Østergaard M, Peetrons P, Platzgummer H, Reijnierse M, Robinson P, Rupreht M, Simoni P, Wick MC, Zejden A, Klauser AS. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2016 Nov;20(5):496-506. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1593533. PubMed PMID: 28002871.
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MEETINGS ORGANIZED BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE:
2015
1. ‘Imaging Arthritis 2015’ Ghent, Belgium, 12 September 2015 >> www.imaging-arthritis.eu (Lennart Jans)
2. 2nd Sports and Arthritis MSK Conference, Krakow, Poland, 13-14 November 2015 >> www.mskradiology.com.pl (Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska)
3. 2nd Seminars in MSK radiology, Brussels, Belgium, 10-12 December 2015 >> http://www.msk2015.be (Paolo Simoni)
2016
1. Porto, MSK sports And arthritis meeting (September 2016)
2. 3rd Sports and Arthritis MSK Conference, Krakow, Poland, 17-19 November 2016 >> www.mskradiology.pl (Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska)
3. Seminars in MSK Radiology, Brussels, Belgium 15-17 December 2016 (Paolo Simoni)
2017
1. 4th Sports and Arthritis MSK Conference, Gdánsk, Poland, 16-18 November 2017 >> www.mskradiology2017.pl (Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska)
2018
1. 5th International Sports & Arthritis MSK Conference, Gdánsk, Poland, November 16-17, 2018 >> www.mskradiology2018.pl (Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska)
2019
1. 6th Sports & Arthritis MSK Conference, Poland 15-16 November, 2019 (Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska)
2021
1. 7th Sports & Arthritis MSK conference. Gdánsk, Poland, November 19 – 20, 2021 >> http://www.mskradiology2021.pl (Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska)
2023
1. IMAGING OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN – From theory to clinical practice
September 7-8, 2023 & interactive US Workshop October 5, 2023, Padova, Palazzo della Salute, Via San Francesco 90 >> Click here for the Programme (Chiara Giraudo)
ARTHRITIS-RELATED LATEST PUBLICATIONS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS:
DOWNLOAD HERE a list of more than 400 publications by the subcommittee members
PUBLICATIONS
Publications of the Arthritis Subcommittee
– Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska, MD, PhD1, Nele Herregods (2nd first), MD, PhD2 Anna Zejden, MD3, Lennart Jans, MD, PhD4 Chiara Giraudo, MD, PhD5 Mikael Boesen, MD, PhD6,7 Fabio Becce, MD8, Alberto Bazzocchi, MD, PhD9, Paolo Simoni, MD, PhD, MBA10 Pilar Aparisi, MBChB, FRANZCR11,12 Jacob Jaremko, MD, PhD, FRCPC13 Mario Maas, MD, PhD14 James Teh, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR15, Kay-Geert Hermann, MD16 Flavia Menegotto, MD17 Amanda Isaac, MBChB, MRCS, FRCR18, Monique Reijnierse, MD, PhD19 Amit Shah, BSc (Hons), MBChB (Hons), FRCR20, Winston Rennie (2nd last), MB, BS, MSc, MFSEM, FRCR21 Anne Grethe Jurik, DMSc3 – Current Role of Conventional Radiography of Sacroiliac Joints in Adults and Juveniles with Suspected Axial Spondyloarthritis: Opinion from the ESSR Arthritis and Pediatric Subcommittees
-Tobias Johannes Dietrich, Andoni Paul Toms, Luis Cerezal, Patrick Omoumi, Robert Downey Boutin, Jan Fritz, Rainer Schmitt, Maryam Shahabpour, Fabio Becce, Anne Cotten, Alain Blum, Marco Zanetti, Eva Llopis, Maciej Bień, Radhesh Krishna Lalam, P. Diana Afonso, Vasco V. Mascarenhas, Reto Sutter, James Teh, Grzegorz Pracoń, Milko C. de Jonge, Jean-Luc Drapé, Marc Mespreuve, Alberto Bazzocchi, Guillaume Bierry, Danoob Dalili, Marc Garcia-Elias, Andrea Atzei, Gregory Ian Bain, Christophe L. Mathoulin, Francisco del Piñal, Luc Van Overstraeten, Robert M. Szabo, Emmanuel J. Camus, Riccardo Luchetti, Adrian Julian Chojnowski, Jörg G. Grünert, Piotr Czarnecki, Fernando Corella, Ladislav Nagy, Michiro Yamamoto, Igor O. Golubev, Jörg van Schoonhoven, Florian Goehtz, Maciej Klich, Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska Interdisciplinary consensus statements on imaging of scapholunate joint instability (endorsed by the ESSR, May 2023)
– Luis Cerezal, Francisco del Piñal, Andrea Atzei, Rainer Schmitt, Fabio Becce, Maciej Klich, Maciej Bień, Milko C. de Jonge, James Teh, Robert Downey Boutin, Andoni Paul Toms, Patrick Omoumi, Jan Fritz, Alberto Bazzocchi, Maryam Shahabpour, Marco Zanetti, Eva Llopis, Alain Blum, Radhesh Krishna Lalam, Sutter Reto, P. Diana Afonso, Vasco V. Mascarenhas, Anne Cotten, Jean‑Luc Drapé, Guillaume Bierry, Grzegorz Pracoń, Danoob Dalili, Marc Mespreuve, Marc Garcia‑Elias, Gregory Ian Bain, Christophe L. Mathoulin, Luc Van Overstraeten, Robert M. Szabo, Emmanuel J. Camus, Riccardo Luchetti, Adrian Julian Chojnowski, Joerg G. Gruenert, Piotr Czarnecki, Fernando Corella, Ladislav Nagy, Michiro Yamamoto, Igor O. Golubev, Jörg van Schoonhoven, Florian Goehtz,· Iwona Sudoł‑Szopińska, Tobias Johannes Dietrich Interdisciplinary consensus statements on imaging of DRUJ instability and TFCC injuries (endorsed by the ESSR, May 2023)
– Arthritis Subcommittee Recommendation Paper: “Current role of radiographs in axial spondyloarthritis in adults and juveniles (endorsed by the ESSR, March 2023)
– Giraudo C, Lecouvet FE, Cotten A, Eshed I, Jans L, Jurik AG, Maas M, Weber M, Sudoł-Szopińska I. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in inflammatory diseases: Where are we now? Results of an International Survey by the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology. Eur J Radiol. 2021;136:109533.
– Hemke R, Herregods N, Jaremko JL, Astrom G, Avenarius D, Becce F, Bielecki DK, Boesen M, Dalili D, Giraudo C, Hermann KG, Humphries P, Isaac A, Jurik AG, Klauser AS, Kvist O, Laloo F, Maas M, Mester A, Oei E, Offiah AC, Omoumi P, Papakonstantinou O, PLagou A, Shelmerdine S, Simoni P, Sudol-Szopinska I, de Horatio LT, The J, Jans L, Ronsedhal K. Imaging assessment of children presenting with suspected or known juvenile idiopathic arthritis: ESSR-ESPR points to consider. Eur Radiol. 2020;30:5237-5249.
– Plagou A, The J, Grainger AJ, Schueller-Weidekamm C, Sudol-Szopinska I, Rennie W, Astrom G, Feydy A, Giraudo C, Guerini H, Guglielmi G, Isaac A, Jans L, Jurik AG, Kainberger F, Maas M, Martinoli C, Mascarenhas V, Miese F, O’Connor P, Oei EH, Ostergaard M, Peetrons P, Platzgummer H, Reijinerse M, Robinson P, Rupreht M, Simoni P, Wick MC, Zejden A, Klauser AS. Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee on Ultrasonography in Inflammatory Joint Disease. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. . 2016;20:496-506.
– Sudol-Szopinska I, Jurik AG, Eshed I, Lennart J, Grainger A, Ostergaard M, Klauser A, Cotton A, Wick MC, Maas M, Miese F, Egund N, Boutry N, Rupreht M, Reijnierse M, Oei EH, Meier R, O’Connnor P, Feydy A, Mascarenhas V, Plagou A, Simoni P. Platzgummer H, Rennie WJ, Mester A, The J, Robinson P, Guglielmi G, Astrom G, Schueller-Weidekamm C. et al. Recommendations of the ESSR Arthritis Subcommittee for the Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Musculoskeletal Rheumatic Diseases. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol. 2015;19:396-411.
– Schueller-Weidekamm C, Masarenhas V, Sudol-Szopinska I, Boutry N, Plagou A, Klauser A, Wick M, Platzgummer H, Jans L. Mester A, Kainberger F, Astrom G, Guglielmi G, Eshed I. Imaging and interpretation of axial spondylarthritis: the radiologist’s perspective–consensus of the Arthritis Subcommittee of the ESSR. 2014;18:265-79.
LINKS
European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
DESIR cohort website and publications:
www.lacohortedesir.fr/desir-in-english
www.lacohortedesir.fr/category/travaux-scientifiques/publication-de-travaux-dans-des-journaux-medicaux
NICE Guidlines on Spondyloarthropathy
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng65
PROCEDURE TO JOIN THE SUBCOMMITTEE
Colleagues interested in inflammatory rheumatic diseases are very welcome to join the Subcommittee directly emailing the chairperson and attaching a short curriculum vitae.
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