Standardized ultrasonography of joints and correlation with joint function in children and young adults with haemophilic arthropathy – first results of a clinical pilot trial at a…

Purpose: Sonography is used in routine clinical practice to examine joint bleedings or signs of haemophilc arthropathy (HA) with effusion, synovitis, cartilage defects or subchondral bone damage in patients with bleeding disorders. For the presentation of synovitis or effusions as a sign of activity and defects of the articular cartilage or subchondral bone as a sign of progression of HA standardized sonographic section planes are available. In this study the sonographic findings are correlated with data from an ultrasonic motion-analysis of the knees and the results of an orthopedic examination. Material and me…