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Richard J. Wakefield

Richard J. Wakefield

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26372
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Overview

Richard J. Wakefield is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom and contributes primarily to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Rheumatology. Their research spans several subfields including Hematology, Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist is associated with multiple research topics, notably in rheumatoid arthritis and related therapies, as well as autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. Their main topics of work include:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Ultrasound in Clinical Applications

Wakefield's research output includes publications in several notable venues. These include:

  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • RMD Open
  • Current Rheumatology Reports
  • Frontiers in Medicine

Their recent papers highlight a focus on ultrasound applications and inflammatory arthritis, including:

  • International consensus conference recommendations on ultrasound education for undergraduate medical students (2022, The Ultrasound Journal)
  • The Role of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in the Rheumatoid Arthritis Continuum (2020, Current Rheumatology Reports)
  • Ultrasound erosions in the feet best predict progression to inflammatory arthritis in anti-CCP positive at-risk individuals without clinical synovitis (2020, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases)
  • Ultrasound Imaging in Psoriatic Arthritis: What Have We Learnt in the Last Five Years? (2020, Frontiers in Medicine)
  • Dactylitis is an indicator of a more severe phenotype independently associated with greater SJC, CRP, ultrasound synovitis and erosive damage in DMARD-naive early psoriatic arthritis (2021, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors including:

  • Paul Emery
  • Andrea Di Matteo
  • Ai Lyn Tan
  • Kulveer Mankia
  • Helena Marzo-Ortega

Best Publications

  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound including definitions for ultrasonographic pathology

    Richard J Wakefield;Peter V Balint;Marcin Szkudlarek;Emilio Filippucci

  • Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology

    Backhaus M;Burmester Gr;Gerber T;Grassi W

  • The value of sonography in the detection of bone erosions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a comparison with conventional radiography.

    Richard J. Wakefield;Wayne W. Gibbon;Philip G. Conaghan;Philip O'Connor

  • An explanation for the apparent dissociation between clinical remission and continued structural deterioration in rheumatoid arthritis

    A. K. Brown;P. G. Conaghan;Z. Karim;M. A. Quinn

  • Presence of significant synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients with disease-modifying antirheumatic drug-induced clinical remission: evidence from an imaging study may explain structural progression.

    A. K. Brown;M. A. Quinn;Z. Karim;P. G. Conaghan

  • 2012 Provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: A European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative†

    Bhaskar Dasgupta;Marco A. Cimmino;Hilal Maradit Kremers;Wolfgang A. Schmidt

  • 2012 provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative

    Bhaskar Dasgupta;Marco A Cimmino;Hilal Maradit-Kremers;Wolfgang A Schmidt

  • Should oligoarthritis be reclassified? Ultrasound reveals a high prevalence of subclinical disease

    R J Wakefield;M J Green;H Marzo-Ortega;P G Conaghan

  • Elucidation of the relationship between synovitis and bone damage: A randomized magnetic resonance imaging study of individual joints in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

    Philip G. Conaghan;Philip O'Connor;Dennis McGonagle;Paul Astin

  • Scoring ultrasound synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis: a EULAR-OMERACT ultrasound taskforce - Part 1: definition and development of a standardised, consensus-based scoring system.

    Maria Antonietta D'Agostino;Lene Terslev;Philippe Aegerter;Marina Backhaus

  • The relationship between synovitis and bone changes in early untreated rheumatoid arthritis: a controlled magnetic resonance imaging study.

    Dennis McGonagle;Philip G. Conaghan;Philip O'Connor;Wayne Gibbon

  • Validation and reproducibility of ultrasonography in the detection of synovitis in the knee-A comparison with arthroscopy and clinical examination

    Z Karim;R J Wakefield;M Quinn;P G Conaghan

  • EULAR report on the use of ultrasonography in painful knee osteoarthritis. Part 1: Prevalence of inflammation in osteoarthritis

    M. A. D'Agostino;P. Conaghan;M. Le Bars;G. Baron

  • After treat-to-target: can a targeted ultrasound initiative improve RA outcomes?

    Richard J Wakefield;Maria Antonietta D'Agostino;Esperanza Naredo;Maya H Buch

  • Reliability of a consensus-based ultrasound score for tenosynovitis in rheumatoid arthritis

    Esperanza Naredo;Maria Antonietta D'Agostino;Richard J Wakefield;Ingrid Möller

  • Interobserver reliability in musculoskeletal ultrasonography: results from a “Teach the Teachers” rheumatologist course

    E Naredo;I Möller;C Moragues;J J de Agustín

  • Should imaging be a component of rheumatoid arthritis remission criteria? A comparison between traditional and modified composite remission scores and imaging assessments

    Benazir Saleem;Andrew K Brown;Helen Keen;Sharmin Nizam

  • Interobserver reliability of rheumatologists performing musculoskeletal ultrasonography : results from a EULAR Train the trainers course

    Alexander K Scheel;Wolfgang A Schmidt;Kay-Geert A Hermann;George A Bruyn

  • Persistence of mild, early inflammatory arthritis: the importance of disease duration, rheumatoid factor, and the shared epitope.

    Michael Green;Helena Marzo-Ortega;Dennis McGonagle;Richard Wakefield

  • A Systematic Literature Review Analysis of Ultrasound Joint Count and Scoring Systems to Assess Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis According to the OMERACT Filter

    Peter Mandl;Esperanza Naredo;Richard J Wakefield;Philip G Conaghan

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Emery
Paul Emery University of Leeds
Philip G. Conaghan
Philip G. Conaghan University of Leeds
Dennis McGonagle
Dennis McGonagle University of Leeds
Walter Grassi
Walter Grassi Marche Polytechnic University
Philip S. Helliwell
Philip S. Helliwell University of Leeds
Maxime Dougados
Maxime Dougados Hôpital Cochin
Mikkel Østergaard
Mikkel Østergaard University of Copenhagen
Nigel K. Arden
Nigel K. Arden University of Oxford
David Scott
David Scott Ascension Health
Maarten Boers
Maarten Boers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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