About the Hand OA Working Group
Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a highly prevalent disorder, causing a considerable burden of disease. Simultaneous involvement of multiple hand joints and presence of different subsets (e.g., nodal, thumb base, and erosive OA) make it difficult to study. To advance our understanding, high-quality studies with optimal outcome measurement are essential. The Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Hand OA Working Group (WG), assembled in 2010, endorsed a core domain set for clinical trials of symptom and structure modification and observational studies at OMERACT 2014, which was included in the Osteoarthritis Research Society International recommendations for design and conduct of clinical trials in hand OA.
Désirée van der Heijde
Co-Chair
Catherine Hill
Co-Chair
Margreet Kloppenburg
Chair
Féline Kroon
Emerging Leader
Francis Berenbaum - Co-Chair
Ida Haugen - Co-Chair
Mariko Ishimori - Co-Chair
Søren Berg - Patient Research Partner
Hellen Laheij - Patient Research Partner
OMERACT Endorsed Core Domain Set for Hand Osteoarthritis
OMERACT INSTRUMENT SELECTION CERTIFICATES
Working Group Publications
Core outcome measurement instrument selection for physical function in hand osteoarthritis using the OMERACT Filter 2.1 process
Report from the Hand Osteoarthritis Working Group at OMERACT 2018: Update on Core Instrument Set Development
Report from the OMERACT Hand Osteoarthritis Working Group: Set of Core Domains and Preliminary Set of Instruments for Use in Clinical Trials and Observational Studies
Working Group Members:
Margreet Kloppenburg
Francis Berenbaum
Ida Haugen
Désirée van der Heijde
Catherine Hill
Mariko Ishimori
Féline Kroon
Søren Berg
Hellen Laheij
Abhishek Abhishek
Kelli Allen
Roy Altman
Nigel Arden
Isam Atroshi
Dorcas Beaton
Sita Bierma-Zeinstra
Johannes Bijlsma
Fraser Birrell
Francesco Blanco
Maarten Boers
Annelies Boonen
Robin Christensen
Philip Conaghan
Ben Dean
Micheal Doherty
Maxime Dougados
Krysia Dziedzic
Els van den Ende
Martin Englund
David Felson
Laure Gossec
Hilde Hammer
Gillian Hawker
Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont
David Hunter
Helgi Jonsson
Leonid Kalichman
Teemu Karjalainen
Ingvild Kjeken
Marion Kortekaas
Tore Kvien
Robert Landewé
Burkhard Leeb
Katy Y.Y. Leung
Norman Madsen
Alexander Mathiessen
Ali Zavareh
Emanuel Maheu
Michelle Marshall
Dennis McGonagle
Karel Pavelka
Leonardo Punzi
Roberta Ramonda
Francois Rannou
Pascal Richette
Valentin Ritschl
Zoltán Szekanecz
Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen
Josef Smolen
Tim Spector
Tanja Stamm
Pernille Steen Pettersen
Ai Lyn Tan
Peter Taylor
Carina Thorstensson
Till Uhlig
Gust Verbruggen
Marianna Vlychou
René Westhovens
Ruth Wittoek
Thasia Woodworth