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Walter Grassi is affiliated with Marche Polytechnic University in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, particularly within Rheumatology. Their research encompasses a range of areas related to joint and musculoskeletal disorders.

Grassi's recent publications include:

  • The diagnostic value of conventional radiography and musculoskeletal ultrasonography in calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis (2021, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage)
  • Ultrasound assessment of carpal tunnel in rheumatoid arthritis and idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome (2020, Clinical Rheumatology)
  • Development of a convolutional neural network for the identification and the measurement of the median nerve on ultrasound images acquired at carpal tunnel level (2022, Arthritis Research & Therapy)
  • In patients with acute mono/oligoarthritis, a targeted ultrasound scanning protocol shows great accuracy for the diagnosis of gout and CPPD (2022, Lara D. Veeken)
  • Imaging of Joint and Soft Tissue Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (2021, Current Rheumatology Reports)

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Emilio Filippucci
  • Edoardo Cipolletta
  • Andrea Di Matteo
  • Gianluca Smerilli
  • Marco Di Carlo

Walter Grassi has published regularly in the following venues:

  • Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Lara D. Veeken
  • Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
  • Frontiers in Medicine
  • Joint Bone Spine

Their research spans several subfields including:

  • Rheumatology
  • Surgery
  • Nephrology
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  • Hematology

Main topics covered by Walter Grassi's work are:

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments
  • Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid
  • Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments
  • Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Best Publications

  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound including definitions for ultrasonographic pathology

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

  • Minimal clinically important changes in chronic musculoskeletal pain intensity measured on a numerical rating scale.

    Fausto Salaffi;Andrea Stancati;Carlo Alberto Silvestri;Alessandro Ciapetti

  • Guidelines for musculoskeletal ultrasound in rheumatology

    Backhaus M;Burmester Gr;Gerber T;Grassi W

  • EULAR recommendations for the use of imaging of the joints in the clinical management of rheumatoid arthritis

    Alexandra N. Colebatch;Christopher John Edwards;Mikkel Østergaard;Désirée Van Der Heijde

  • The clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis

    Walter Grassi;Rossella De Angelis;Gianni Lamanna;Claudio Cervini

  • Clinical efficacy and safety of abatacept in methotrexate-naive patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and poor prognostic factors

    Rene Westhovens;Manuel Robles;Antonio Carlos Ximenes;Savithree Nayiager

  • The health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis: a comparison with a selected sample of healthy people

    Fausto Salaffi;Marina Carotti;Stefania Gasparini;Michele Intorcia

  • Health-related quality of life in older adults with symptomatic hip and knee osteoarthritis: a comparison with matched healthy controls

    Fausto Salaffi;Marina Carotti;Andrea Stancati;Walter Grassi

  • 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

  • PREVALENCE OF MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS IN AN ITALIAN POPULATION SAMPLE: RESULTS OF A REGIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED STUDY. I. THE MAPPING STUDY

    F Salaffi;R De Angelis;W Grassi;MArche Pain Prevalence

  • Raynaud's phenomenon and the role of capillaroscopy

    Maurizio Cutolo;Walter Grassi;Marco Matucci Cerinic

  • 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

  • Ultrasonography in rheumatology: an evolving technique.

    Walter Grassi;Claudio Cervini

  • High-resolution ultrasonography of the first metatarsal phalangeal joint in gout: a controlled study

    Stephen A Wright;Emilio Filippucci;Claire McVeigh;Arthur Grey

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

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

  • Hyaline cartilage involvement in patients with gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. An ultrasound study.

    E. Filippucci;M. Gutierrez;D. Georgescu;F. Salaffi

  • "Crystal clear"-sonographic assessment of gout and calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease.

    W. Grassi;G. Meenagh;E. Pascual;E. Filippucci

  • Sonographic imaging of tendons.

    Walter Grassi;Emilio Filippucci;Antonella Farina;Claudio Cervini

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Valesini
Guido Valesini Sapienza University of Rome
Stefano Bombardieri
Stefano Bombardieri University of Pisa
Carlomaurizio Montecucco
Carlomaurizio Montecucco University of Pavia
Richard J. Wakefield
Richard J. Wakefield University of Leeds
Leonardo Punzi
Leonardo Punzi University of Padua
Philip G. Conaghan
Philip G. Conaghan University of Leeds
Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini
Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini University of Milan
Maurizio Cutolo
Maurizio Cutolo University of Genoa
Maxime Dougados
Maxime Dougados Hôpital Cochin
Juan J. Gomez-Reino
Juan J. Gomez-Reino University of Santiago de Compostela

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