Standardized joint-ultrasound for individualization of prophylaxis in hemophiliacs: Easy-to-learn-ultrasonography (HEAD-US) of joints and correlation with function and clinics

Purpose: In Haemophilic Arthropathy the extent of synovitis is detected as a sign of the activity, osteochondral defects are quantifiable as a sign of progression by ultrasound. In 2013 an easy-to-use standardized ultrasound protocol (HEAD-US) for examination of early joint changes in Hemophilic Arthropathy was published by C. Martinoli. The results of the first clinical trial to correlate clinics, functional and structural changes in Haemophilic Arthropathy are shown here. Material and methods: In 2012 – 2015 we have included more than 200 young german patients with hemophilia A or B or vWD from different Germa…