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Hilde Berner Hammer

Professor
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Education

  • Cand.med at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo (1982)
  • Doctorate (PhD) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo (1991)
  • Specialist in internal medicine (2001)
  • Specialist in Rheumatology (2001)

Position

  • Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Outpatient Clinic and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital
  • Professor II, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo

Field of interest

  • Ultrasound Inflammation Markers
  • Rheumatological pain

Other

  • Leader of work package 2 in REMEDY (Precision Medicine)
  • Honorary Member Norwegian Rheumatological Association

Email

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Telephone

+47 97723158

Visiting address

Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Superintendent's residence
Reidar Kobros vei 8
0370 Oslo

Postal address

Diakohjemmet Hospital
PO Box 23 Vinderen
0319 Oslo

Projects

WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

ARCTIC

Remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial investigating the use of ultrasound in clinical follow-up

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WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

BIKE

Biopsies of synovitis in the knee joint from patients with RA and OA

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WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

BioTest

Experimental precision medicine

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WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

MDR-RA

The Norwegian study for therapeutic pharmacovigilance

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WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

NOR-CACTUS

Comparison of treatment strategies for carpal tunnel syndrome

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WP6 - Dechiphering long-term outcomes

NOR-Gout

Gout in Norway

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WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

PICASSO

Treatment of painful inflammatory carpometacarpal-1 osteoarthritis with intra-articular steroids, saline, or occupational therapy

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WP5 - Innovative approaches to remote care

ReMonit Gout

Gout management app

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WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

SQUEEZE

Maximizing the effectiveness of prescription drugs for rheumatoid arthritis 

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WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

START

Early diagnosis of newly occurring arthritis

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WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

ULTRARABIT

Longitudinal ultrasound study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis starting treatment with biological DMARDs

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Publications

Publications retrieved from the National Science Archives (NVA):

Study protocol for the PICASSO trial: A randomized placebo-controlled trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of intraarticular steroid injections and an occupational therapy intervention in painful inflammatory carpometacarpal-1 osteoarthritis

2025

Remission in gout is possible: 5-year follow-up in the NOR-Gout study

2025

Short-Term Clinical and Radiological Results of the Infinity Ankle Arthroplasty: A Prospective Study

2025

Recognition of Glycine Versus Nonglycine Citrulline Motifs Dictating the HLA Class II Association of Anticitrullinated Protein Antibodies: Insights From Autoantibody Profiling of 6,900 Scandinavian Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

2025

The frequency and severity of ultrasound-detected osteoarthritis features in the knees and their associations with pain: Cross-sectional analyzes of the Nor-Hand study

2025

Automated ultrasound system ARTHUR V.2.0 with AI analysis DIANA V.2.0 matches expert rheumatologist in hand joint assessment of rheumatoid arthritis patients

2025

Monitoring gout with ultrasound: is it useful in daily practice?

2025

Calprotectin (S100A8/A9) is not associated with ultrasound-detected synovitis in a longitudinal study of patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs

2025

2023 EULAR recommendations on imaging in diagnosis and management of crystal-induced arthropathies in clinical practice

2024

Adding ultrasound to treat-to-target shows no benefit in achieving clinical remission nor in slowing radiographic progression in rheumatoid arthritis: results from a multicenter prospective cohort

2024

Hand osteoarthritis phenotypes based on a biopsychosocial approach, and their associations with cross-sectional and longitudinal pain

2024

Lessons learned from the PICASSO trial regarding ultrasound examinations of osteoarthritic hand joints performed by occupational therapists

2024

Ultrasound evaluation contrasts clinical disease activity evaluation in rheumatoid arthritis patients with concomitant anxiety or depression

2024

Validation of HAND OA US inflammatory and structural damage score (HOUSE) for thumb-base joints: systematic review on truth and discrimination

2024

Non-adherence to urate lowering therapy in gout after 5 years is related to poor outcomes - results from the NOR-Gout study

2024

Development of gout in people with asymptomatic hyperuricemia: study protocol for a 5-year prospective cohort

2024

Pain sensitization in fibromyalgia. Cross-sectional associations between quantitative sensory testing of pain sensitization and fibromyalgia disease burden

2024

Lifestyle factors predict gout outcomes: Results from the NOR-Gout longitudinal 2-year treat-to-target study

2023

Course and predictors of work productivity in gout - results from the NOR-Gout longitudinal 2-year treat-to-target study

2023

Stricter treat-to-target in RA does not result in less radiographic progression: A longitudinal analysis in RA BIODAM

2023

Remission, response, retention and persistence to treatment with disease-modifying agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a study of harmonized Swedish, Danish and Norwegian cohorts

2023

Associations between pain sensitization and measures of physical function in people with hand osteoarthritis: Results from the Nor-Hand study

2023

Development and validation of an OMERACT ultrasound scoring system for the extent of calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition at the joint level and patient level

2023

Calprotectin, a sensitive marker of inflammation, is robustly assessed in plasma from patients with early or established rheumatoid arthritis by use of different laboratory methods

2023

Beliefs about medicines in gout patients: results from the NOR-Gout 2-year study

2023

Comorbidities in people with hand OA and their associations with pain severity and sensitization: Data from the longitudinal Nor-Hand study

2023

Ultrasound assessment of degenerative muscle sarcopenia: The University of Barcelona ultrasound scoring system for sarcopenia

2023

Predicting total knee arthroplasty from ultrasonography using machine learning

2022

The associations of psychological symptoms and cognitive patterns with pain and pain sensitization in people with hand osteoarthritis

2022

Controversies in rheumatology: ultrasound for monitoring of RA-do we need it?

2022

Do patient-reported measures of disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis vary between countries? Results from a Nordic collaboration

2022

Fluctuation and change of serum urate levels and flares in gout: results from the NOR-Gout study

2022

The MCP2 and the wrist plus two extensor compartments are the most affected and responsive joints/tendons out of the US7 score in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-an observational study

2022

Urate crystal deposition is associated with inflammatory markers and carotid artery pathology in patients with intercritical gout: results from the NOR-Gout study

2022

One- and 2-year flare rates after treat-to-target and tight-control therapy of gout: results from the NOR-Gout study

2022

Inflammation and biologic therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis achieving versus not achieving ACR/EULAR Boolean remission in a treat-to-target study

2022

Associations of Body Mass Index With Pain and the Mediating Role of Inflammatory Biomarkers in People With Hand Osteoarthritis

2022

Associations of pain sensitization with tender and painful joint counts in people with hand osteoarthritis: results from the Nor-Hand study

2022

Study protocol for the follow-up examination of the Nor-Hand study: A hospital-based observational cohort study exploring pain and biomarkers in people with hand osteoarthritis

2021

Two-year reduction of dual-energy CT urate deposits during a treat-to-target strategy in gout in the NOR-Gout longitudinal study.

2021

Serum etanercept concentrations in relation to disease activity and treatment response assessed by ultrasound, biomarkers and clinical disease activity scores: results from a prospective observational study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

2021

EULAR points to consider for the use of imaging to guide interventional procedures in patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs)

2021

Fatigue Is Not Associated With Objective Assessments of Inflammation During Tocilizumab Treatment of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

2021

Do tender joints in active psoriatic arthritis reflect inflammation assessed by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging?

2021

Rheumatoid arthritis patients with predominantly tender joints rarely achieve clinical remission despite being in ultrasound remission

2021

Fatigue in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis undergoing treat-to-target therapy: predictors and response to treatment

2021

Very low prevalence of ultrasound-detected tenosynovial abnormalities in healthy subjects throughout the age range: OMERACT ultrasound minimal disease study

2021

Associations between joint pathologies and central sensitization in persons with hand osteoarthritis: Results from the Nor-Hand study

2021

EFSUMB-Leitlinien und -Empfehlungen für den muskuloskeletalal Ultraschall Teil II: Gelenkpathologien, pädiatrische Anwendungen und geführte Verfahren

2021

The EFSUMB guidelines and recommendations for musculoskeletal ultrasound - Part I: Extraarticular pathologies

2021

EULAR recommendations for the reporting of ultrasound studies in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs)

2021

Flare rate thresholds for patient assessment of disease activity states in Gout

2021

12-month results from the real-life observational treat-to-target and tight-control therapy NOR-Gout study: Achievements of the urate target levels and predictors of obtaining this target

2021

Development and reliability of a novel ultrasonographic joint-specific scoring system for synovitis with reference atlas for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

2021

Value of MRI and ultrasound for prediction of therapeutic response and erosive progression in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis managed by an aggressive treat-to-target strategy

2021

Major reduction of ultrasound-detected synovitis during subcutaneous tocilizumab treatment: results from a multicentre 24 week study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

2021

Bone Erosions Detected by Ultrasound Are Prognostic for Clinical Arthritis Development in Patients With ACPA and Musculoskeletal Pain

2021

Consensus-based semi-quantitative ultrasound scoring system for gout lesions: Results of an OMERACT Delphi process and web-reliability exercise

2021

Is treat-to-target really working in rheumatoid arthritis? a longitudinal analysis of a cohort of patients treated in daily practice (RA BIODAM)

2020

Validity and diagnostic performance of fluorescence optical imaging measuring synovitis in hand osteoarthritis: baseline results from the Nor-Hand cohort

2020

Contemporary imaging of rheumatoid arthritis: Clinical role of ultrasound and MRI

2020

Conventional versus ultrasound treat to target: No difference in magnetic resonance imaging inflammation or joint damage over 2 years in early rheumatoid arthritis

2020

Trajectories of fatigue in actively treated patients with established rheumatoid arthritis starting biologic DMARD therapy

2020

Ultrasound shows rapid reduction of crystal depositions during a treat-to-target approach in gout patients: 12-month results from the NOR-Gout study

2020

Fatigue is cross-sectionally not associated with objective assessments of inflammation, but changes in fatigue are associated with changes of disease activity assessments during biologic treatment of patients with established rheumatoid arthritis

2020

Associations Between Radiographic and Ultrasound‐Detected Features in Hand Osteoarthritis and Local Pressure Pain Thresholds

2020

Outcomes and Findings of the International Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) BIODAM Cohort for Validation of Soluble Biomarkers in RA

2019

Development of semiquantitative ultrasound scoring system to assess cartilage in rheumatoid arthritis

2019

Associations Between Ultrasound-Detected Synovitis, Pain and Function in Interphalangeal and Thumb Base Osteoarthritis: Data From the Nor-Hand Study

2019

Intermetatarsal Bursitis Is Frequent in Patients With Established Rheumatoid Arthritis and Is Associated With Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide and Rheumatoid Factor

2019

OmeRACT definitions for ultrasonographic pathologies and elementary lesions of rheumatic disorders 15 years on

2019

Peritenon extensor tendon inflammation in psoriatic arthritis is an enthesitis-related lesion

2019

Adherence to Treat-to-Target Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Associated Factors: Data from the International RA BIODAM Cohort

2019

Biomarkers of cardiovascular risk across phenotypes of osteoarthritis

2019

Assessing synovitis in the hands in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by ultrasound: an agreement study exploring the most inflammatory active side from two Norwegian trials

2019

Swollen, but not tender joints, are independently associated with ultrasound synovitis: Results from a longitudinal observational study of patients with established rheumatoid arthritis

2019

Vitamin B-6 Status Correlates with Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients During Treatment with TNFα Inhibitors

2019

Peripheral and Central Sensitization of Pain in Individuals With Hand Osteoarthritis and Associations With Self-Reported Pain Severity

2019

OMERACT agreement and reliability study of ultrasonographic elementary lesions in osteoarthritis of the foot

2019

Fibromyalgia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. A 10-year follow-up study, results from the Oslo Rheumatoid Arthritis Register

2019

Ultrasound of Subtalar Joint Synovitis in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results of an OMERACT Reliability Exercise Using Consensual Definitions

2019

Comparing the disease course of patients with seronegative and seropositive rheumatoid arthritis fulfilling the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria in a treat-to-target setting: 2-year data from the ARCTIC trial

2018

What is metacarpophalangeal joint swelling in psoriatic arthritis? Ultrasound findings and reliability assessment

2018

Tender joint count may not reflect inflammatory activity in established rheumatoid arthritis patients: results from a longitudinal study

2018

DAPSA and ultrasound show different perspectives of psoriatic arthritis disease activity: results from a 12-month longitudinal observational study in patients starting treatment with biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs

2018

Predictors of sustained remission in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis treated according to an aggressive treat-to-target protocol

2018

Is synovial hypertrophy without Doppler activity sensitive to change? Post-hoc analysis from a rheumatoid arthritis ultrasound study

2018

The impact of ultrasound on the use and efficacy of intraarticular glucocorticoid injections in early rheumatoid arthritis: Secondary analyzes from a randomized trial examining the benefit of ultrasound in a clinical tight control regimen

2018

Clinical and ultrasound remission after 6 months of treat-to-target therapy in early rheumatoid arthritis: Associations to future good radiographic and physical outcomes

2018

Health-related quality of life in patients with psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis: Data from the prospective multicentre NOR-DMARD study compared with Norwegian general population controls

2018

Pain catastrophizing is strongly associated with subjective outcomes, but not with inflammatory assessments in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

2018

Tenosynovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologic treatment: involvement and sensitivity to change compared to joint inflammation.

2017

Sonographic and Anatomical Description of the Subtalar Joint

2017

Calprotectin (S100A8/A9) should preferably be measured in EDTA plasma; results from a longitudinal study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

2017

The 2017 EULAR standardized procedures for ultrasound imaging in rheumatology

2017

Calprotectin as a marker of inflammation in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

2017

Do depression and anxiety reduce the likelihood of remission in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis? Data from the prospective multicentre NOR-DMARD study

2017

Ultrasound of the hand is sufficient to detect subclinical inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis remission: A post hoc longitudinal study

2017

Smoking and alcohol use are associated with structural and inflammatory hand osteoarthritis features

2017

Ultrasound-detected osteophytes predict the development of radiographic and clinical features of hand osteoarthritis in the same finger joints 5 years later

2017

A hospital-based observational cohort study exploring pain and biomarkers in patients with hand osteoarthritis in Norway: The Nor-Hand protocol

2017

Achilles enthesitis defined by ultrasound is not associated with clinical enthesitis in patients with psoriatic arthritis

2017