About the Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JAMRI) Working Group
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects joint function, resulting in significant effects on quality of life by limiting physical and psychosocial integration1. JIA has an estimated worldwide prevalence of 0.07 to 4.01 cases and an incidence rate of 0.008 to 0.226 cases per 1000 children per year, respectively, highlighting the global disease burden and the need for new clinical trials for JIA management2.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been reported to be sensitive in detecting early inflammatory changes in the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) in JIA long before radiography, thus allowing for intervention before the onset of irreversible joint damage. Clinical assessment of the SIJ is limited by its location and anatomy. The quantification of interval change of pediatric SIJ using an MRI-based scoring method may serve as an important objective outcome measure.
Andrea Doria
Co-Chair
Marion van Rossum
Co-Chair
Johnathan Akikusa
Co-Chair
Tarimobo Michael Otobo
Returning Fellow
Jyoti Panwar
Fellow
Vincent del Gaizo
PRP
Janet Gunderson
PRP
Wendy Olsder
PRP
Simon Stones
PRP
OMERACT 2020 Virtual Special Interest Group Session
Working Group Publications
Consensus-driven conceptual development of a standardized whole body-MRI scoring system for assessment of disease activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: MRI in JIA OMERACT working group
Preliminary Definitions for Sacroiliac Joint Pathologies in the OMERACT Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score (OMERACT JAMRIS-SIJ)
Current Status of Efforts on Standardizing Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Report from the OMERACT MRI in JIA Working Group and Health-e-Child
Working Group Members:
Andrea Doria
Marion van Rossum
Jonathan Akikusa
Vincent del Gaizo
Janet Gunderson
Wendy Olsder
Simon Stones
Tarimobo Otobo
Jyoti Panwar
Jacob Jaremko
Tekla von Kalle
Shirley Tse
Emilio Inarejos
Eva Kirkhus
Simone Appenzeller
Arthur Meyers
Lennart Jans
Hema Srinivasalu
Bernadette Redd
John Carrino
Robert Colbert
Nele Herregods
Kerri Highmore
Dax Rumsey
Jennifer Stimec
Nikolay Tzaribachev
Marinka Tilt
Vimarsha Swami
Robert Lambert
Walter Maksymowych
Jose Dehoorne
Pamela Weiss
Lynn Spiegel
Cory Resnick
Tore Arne Larheim
Robert Hemke
Christian Kellenberger
Bernd Koos
Johannus Roth
Yoginder Vaid
Troels Herlin
Zach Peacock
Traudel Saurenmann
Randy Cron
Saurabh Guleria
Lauren Averill
Elka Miller
Susan Shelmerdine
Linda Z. Arvidsson
Eva Kirkhus
Hiten Patel
Aguet Julien
Maria Navallas Irujo
Jordi Muchart
Brian Feldman
John Carrino
Desiree van der Heijde
Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska
Joel Paschke
Olympia Papakonstantinou
Philip Conaghan
Joshi Sayali
Charlotte Nusman
Berit Flato
Peter Tugwell
Mirkamal Tolend
Roxana Azma
Kerri Highmore
Shelly Abramowicz