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Education

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

Position

  • Senior physician, Clinic for rheumatology, outpatient clinic and research, Diakonhjemmet hospital
  • Professor II, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo

Field of interest

  • Ultrasound Inflammatory markers
  • Rheumatological pain

Other

  • Leader of work package 2 in REMEDY (Precision Medicine)
  • Honorary member Norwegian Rheumatology Association

Email

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Telephone

visiting address

Diakonhjemmet hospital
Forstanderboligen
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

Project Manager:
Espen A. Haavardsholm
WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

BIKE

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

Project Manager:
Hilde Berner Hammer
WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

BioTest

Experimental precision medicine

Project Manager:
Guro Løvik Goll
WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

NOR-CACTUS

Comparison of treatment strategies in carpal tunnel syndrome

Project Manager:
Hilde Berner Hammer
WP6 - Dechiphering long-term outcomes

NOR Gout

Gout in Norway

Project Manager:
Till Uhlig
WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

PICASSO

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

Project Manager:
Ida K. Bos-Haugen
WP5 - Innovative approaches to remote care

ReMonit Gout

Remote monitoring and management of gout

Project Manager:
Nina Østerås
WP1 - Optimized medical interventions

SQUEEZE

Maximizing the effect of prescription drugs in rheumatoid arthritis 

Project Manager:
Espen A. Haavardsholm
WP2 - PPhenotyping for personalized medicine

ULTRABIT

Longitudinal ultrasound study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis starting treatment with biological DMARD drugs

Project Manager:
Hilde Berner Hammer

Publications

Publications taken from the National Science Archive (NVA):

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

Peter Mandl, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino, Victoria Navarro-Compán, Irina Geßl, Garifallia Sakellariou, Abhishek Abhishek


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

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

Alexandre Sepriano, Sofia Ramiro, Robert Landewé, Désirée van der Heijde, Sarah Ohrndorf, Olivier FitzGerald


Clinical Rheumatology

2024

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

Elisabeth Mulrooney, Tuhina Neogi, Hanne Dagfinrud, Hilde Berner Hammer, Pernille Steen Pettersen, Tore Kristian Aaserud Kvien


Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

2024

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

Marthe Gløersen, Merete Hermann-Eriksen, Åshild Hove, Ingvild Kjeken, Alexander Mathiessen, Hilde Berner Hammer


Ultrasound in medicine

2024

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

Brigitte Michelsen, Joseph Sexton, Tore Kristian Aaserud Kvien, Sella Aarestad Provan, Hilde Berner Hammer


Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism

2024

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

Hilde Berner Hammer


Rheumatology

2024

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

Tillmann Uhlig, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Joseph Sexton, Sella Aarrestad Provan, Espen Andre Haavardsholm, Hilde Berner Hammer


Rheumatology

2024

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

Till Uhlig, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Joseph Sexton, Tore Kristian Aaserud Kvien, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Hilde Berner Hammer


RMD Open

2023

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

Till Uhlig, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Joseph Sexton, Sella Aarrestad Provan, Tore Kristian Aaserud Kvien, Espen A. Haavardsholm


Rheumatology

2023

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

Sofia Ramiro, Robert Landewé, Désireé Van Der Heijde, Alexandre Sepriano, Oliver Fitzgerald, Mikkel Østergaard


Rheumatology

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

Helga Westerlind, Bente Glintborg, Hilde Berner Hammer, Saedis Saevarsdottir, Niels Steen Krogh, Merete Lund Hetland


RMD Open

2023

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

Marthe Gløersen, Pernille Steen Pettersen, Tuhina Neogi, Joseph Sexton, Tore Kristian Aaserud Kvien, Hilde Berner Hammer


Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

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

Silvia Sirotti, Lene Terslev, Emilio Filippucci, Annamaria Iagnocco, Ingrid Moller, Esperanza Naredo


The Lancet Rheumatology

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Sigve Lars Pedersen, Maria Karolina Jonsson, Linda Mathsson-Alm, Isabel Gehring, Joseph Sexton


Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

2023

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

Till Uhlig, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Joseph Sexton, Tore Kristian Aaserud Kvien, Espen A. Haavardsholm, WJ Taylor


Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

2023

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

Elisabeth Mulrooney, Tuhina Neogi, Hanne Dagfinrud, Hilde Berner Hammer, Pernille Steen Pettersen, Marthe Gløersen


Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open

2023

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

Ingrid Möller Parera, Maribel Miguel, Joan Blasi, Riccardo Piccaso, Hilde Berner Hammer, Juan Ortiz-Sagrista


RMD Open

2023

Predicting total knee arthroplasty from ultrasonography using machine learning

Aleksei Tiulpin, Simo Saarakkala, Alexander Mathiessen, Hilde Berner Hammer, Ove Nord Furnes, Lars Nordsletten


Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open

2022

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

Elisabeth Mulrooney, Tuhina Neogi, Hanne Dagfinrud, Hilde Berner Hammer, Pernille Steen Pettersen, Torfinn Lødøen Gaarden


Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open

2022

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Roberto Caporali


Rheumatology

2022

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

Bénédicte Delcoigne, Sella Aarrestad Provan, Hilde Berner Hammer, Daniela Di Giuseppe, Thomas Frisell, Bente Glintborg


Rheumatology

2022

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

Till Uhlig, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Joseph Sexton, Tore Kristian Kvien, Espen A. Haavardsholm, F. Perez-Ruiz


Clinical Rheumatology

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

AF Podewski, AM Glimm, I. Fischer, GAW Bruyn, P. Hanova, Hilde Berner Hammer


Arthritis Research & Therapy

2022

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Silvia Christin Hellerud Rollefstad, Anne Grete Semb, Gro Elisabeth Jensen, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, L Terslev


RMD Open

2022

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

Till Uhlig, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Joseph Sexton, Tore Kristian Kvien, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Fernando Perez-Ruiz


Arthritis Research & Therapy

2022

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

Nina Beate Paulshus Sundlisæter, Ulf Gunnar Sundin, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Joseph Sexton, Hilde Berner Hammer, Till Uhlig


RMD Open

2022

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

Marthe Gløersen, Pernille Steen Pettersen, Tuhina Neogi, S. Reza Jafarzadeh, Maria Vistnes, Christian S. Thudium


Arthritis & Rheumatology

2022

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

Marthe Gløersen, Pernille Steen Pettersen, Tuhina Neogi, Barbara Slatkowsky-Christensen, Tore Kristian Kvien, Karin Magnusson


RMD Open

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

Marthe Gløersen, Pernille Steen Pettersen, Øystein Gunnar Maugesten, Elisabeth Mulrooney, Alexander Mathiessen, Heidi Gammelsrud


Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open

2021

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

Till Uhlig, Tron Hovind Eskild, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Joseph Sexton, Tore Kristian Kvien, Espen A. Haavardsholm


Rheumatology

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.

Johanna Elin Gehin, Silje Watterdal Syversen, David Warren, Guro Løvik Goll, Joseph Sexton, Nils Bolstad


RMD Open

2021

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

Christian Dejaco, Pedro M. Machado, Francesco Carubbi, Philipp Bosch, Lene Terslev, Giorgio Tamborrini


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2021

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Birte Agular, Lene Terslev


ACR Open Rheumatology

2021

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

Sara Kamp Felbo, Charlotte Wiell, Mikkel Østergaard, René Panduro Poggenborg, Pernille Helen Bøyesen, Hilde Berner Hammer


Rheumatology

2021

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Inger Marie Jensen Hansen, Pentti Järvinen, Marjatta Leirisalo-Repo, Michael Ziegelasch, Birte Agular


Rheumatology - Advances in Practice (Rheumap)

2021

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

Karen Holten, Nina Beate Paulshus Sundlisæter, Siri Lillegraven, Joseph Sexton, Lena Kristine Bugge Nordberg, Ellen Moholt


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2021

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

Jeanette Trickey, Ilfita Sahbudin, Mads Ammitzbøll-Danielsen, Irene Azzolin, Carina Borst, Alessandra Bortoluzzi


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2021

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

Pernille Steen Pettersen, Tuhina Neogi, Karin Magnusson, Alexander Mathiessen, Hilde Berner Hammer, Till Uhlig


Rheumatology

2021

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

Esperanza Naredo, Sebastián C. Rodriguez-Garcia, Lene Terslev, Carlo Martinoli, Andrea Klauser, Wolfgang Hartung


Ultrasound in medicine

2021

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

Daniela Fodor, Sebastián C. Rodriguez-Garcia, Vito Cantisani, Hilde B. Hammer, Wolfgang Hartung, Andrea Klauser


Ultrasound in medicine

2021

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

Félicie Costantino, Loreto Carmona, Maarten Boers, Marina Backhaus, Peter V. Balint, George A. Bruyn


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2021

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

William J. Taylor, Nicola Dalbeth, Kenneth Saag, Jasvinder A. Singh, Elizabeth J. Rahn, Amy S. Mudano


Journal of Rheumatology

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

Till Uhlig, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Joseph Sexton, Tove Borgen, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Tore Kristian Kvien


RMD Open

2021

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

Nina Krafft Sande, Pernille Helen Bøyesen, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Hilde Berner Hammer, Berit Flatø, Johannes Roth


RMD Open

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

Ulf Gunnar Sundin, Nina Beate Paulshus Sundlisæter, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Joseph Sexton, Lena Kristine Bugge Nordberg, Hilde Berner Hammer


RMD Open

2021

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Ib MJ Hansen, Pentti Järvinen, Marjatta T. Leirisalo-Repo, Michael Ziegelasch, Birte Agular


Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

2021

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

Michael Ziegelasch, Emma Eloff, Hilde Berner Hammer, Jan Cedergren, Klara Martinsson, Åsa Reckner


Frontiers in medicine

2021

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

Sara Nysom Christiansen, Georgios Filippou, Carlo Alberto Scirè, Peter V. Balint, George AW Bruyn, Nicola Dalbeth


Seminars in Arthritis & Rheumatism

2021

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

Sofia Ramiro, Robert Bm Landewé, Désirée Van Der Heijde, Alexandre Sepriano, Oliver Fitzgerald, Mikkel Ostergaard


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2020

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

Øystein Gunnar Maugesten, Alexander Mathiessen, Hilde Berner Hammer, Sigrid Valen Hestetun, Tore Kristian Kvien, Till Uhlig


Arthritis Research & Therapy

2020

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

Veena K. Ranganath, Hilde Berner Hammer, Fiona M. McQueen


Baillière's Best Practice & Research : Clinical Rheumatology

2020

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

Ulf Gunnar Sundin, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Øivind Skare, Lena Kristine Bugge Nordberg, Till Uhlig, Hilde Berner Hammer


Rheumatology

2020

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

Sella Aarrestad Provan, Brigitte Michelsen, Joseph Sexton, Till Uhlig, Hilde Berner Hammer


RMD Open

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Lars Fridtjof Karoliussen, Lene Terslev, Espen A Haavardsholm, Tore Kristian Kvien, Till Uhlig


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Brigitte Michelsen, Joe Sexton, Till Uhlig, Sella Aarrestad Provan


Clinical Rheumatology

2020

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

Pernille Steen Pettersen, Tuhina Neogi, Karin Magnusson, Hilde Berner Hammer, Till Uhlig, Tore Kristian Kvien


Arthritis & Rheumatology

2020

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

Walter P. Maksymowych, Oliver FitzGerald, Mikkel Østergaard, Joanne Homik, Désirée van der Heijde, Robert G. Lambert


Journal of Rheumatology

2019

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

Peter Mandl, Paul Studenic, Emilio Filippucci, Artur Bachta, Marina Backhaus, David Bong


Rheumatology

2019

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

Caroline Mehl Fjellstad, Alexander Mathiessen, Barbara Therese Slatkovsky Christensen, Tore Kristian Kvien, Hilde Berner Hammer, Ida Kristin Bos-Haugen


Arthritis care & research

2019

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Tore Kristian Kvien, Lene Terslev


RMD Open

2019

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

George A. Bruyn, Annamaria Iagnocco, Esperanza Naredo, Peter VG Balint, Marwin Gutierrez, Hilde Berner Hammer


Journal of Rheumatology

2019

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

Cristina Macía-Villa, Sandra Falcao, Marwin Gutierrez, Julio Medina, Hilde Berner Hammer, Eugenio De Miguel


Journal of Rheumatology

2019

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

Alexandre Sepriano, Sofia Ramiro, Oliver FitzGerald, Mikkel Østergaard, Joanne Homik, Désirée van der Heijde


Journal of Rheumatology

2019

Biomarkers of cardiovascular risk across phenotypes of osteoarthritis

Sella Aarrestad Provan, Silvia Christin Hellerud Rollefstad, Eirik Ikdahl, Alexander Mathiessen, Inger Jorid Berg, IB Wilkinson


Biomed Central Rheumatology

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

Lene Terslev, Robin Christensen, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Joseph Sexton, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Hilde Berner Hammer


Arthritis Research & Therapy

2019

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Brigitte Michelsen, Joseph Sexton, Ida Kristin Haugen, Sella Aarrestad Provan, Espen A. Haavardsholm


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2019

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

Jon Sigurd Sande, Arve Ulvik, Øivind Midttun, Per Magne Ueland, Hilde Berner Hammer, Merete Valen


Journal of Nutrition

2019

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

Pernille Steen Pettersen, Tuhina Neogi, Karin Magnusson, Hilde Berner Hammer, Till Uhlig, Tore Kristian Kvien


Arthritis & Rheumatology

2019

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

Alen Zabotti, Georgios Filippou, Marco Canzoni, Antonella Adinolfi, Valentina Picerno, Greta Carrara


RMD Open

2019

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

Sella Aarrestad Provan, Cathrine Austad, Vera Halsaa, Hilde Berner Hammer, Tore Kristian Kvien, Till Uhlig


Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

2019

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

George AW Bruyn, Heidi J. Siddle, Petra Hanova, Félicie Costantino, Annamaria Iagnocco, Andrea Delle Sedie


Journal of Rheumatology

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

Lena Kristine Bugge Nordberg, Siri Lillegraven, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Joseph Sexton, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Elisabeth Lie


RMD Open

2018

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

Cristina Macía-Villa, Sandra Falcao, Marwin Gutierrez, Julio Medina, Hilde Berner Hammer, Eugenio De Miguel


Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

2018

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Brigitte Michelsen, Sella Aarrestad Provan, Joseph Sexton, Jon Lampa, Till Uhlig


Arthritis care & research

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

Silva Pukšić, Pernille Bolton-King, Joseph Sexton, Brigitte Michelsen, Tore Kristian Kvien, Hilde Berner Hammer


RMD Open

2018

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

Nina Beate Paulshus Sundlisæter, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Hilde Berner Hammer, Till Uhlig, Desirée van der Heijde


Rheumatology

2018

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

Lene Terslev, Mikkel Østergaard, Joseph Sexton, Hilde Berner Hammer


Arthritis Research & Therapy

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

Lena Kristine Bugge Nordberg, Siri Lillegraven, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Joseph Sexton, Elisabeth Lie, Hilde Berner Hammer


Arthritis & Rheumatology

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

Nina Beate Paulshus Sundlisæter, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Hilde Berner Hammer, Till Uhlig, Desirée van der Heijde


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

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

Brigitte Michelsen, Till Uhlig, Joseph Sexton, Desirée van der Heijde, Hilde Berner Hammer, Eirik Kristianslund


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2018

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Till Uhlig, Tore Kristian Kvien, Jon Lampa


Arthritis care & research

2018

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Tore Kristian Kvien, Lene Terslev


Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

2017

Sonographic and Anatomical Description of the Subtalar Joint

Peter Mandl, David Bong, Peter V. Balint, Hilde Berner Hammer, Maribel Miguel, Esperanza Naredo


Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

2017

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

Hilde Haugedal Nordal, Magne Kristoffer Fagerhol, Anne-Kristine Halse, Hilde Berner Hammer


Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

2017

The 2017 EULAR standardized procedures for ultrasound imaging in rheumatology

Ingrid Möller, Iustina Janta, Marina Backhaus, Sarah Ohrndorf, David A. Bong, Carlo Martinoli


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2017

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

Maria Karolina Jonsson, Nina Beate Paulshus Sundlisæter, Hilde Haugedal Nordal, Hilde Berner Hammer, Anna-Birgitte Aga, Inge Christoffer Olsen


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2017

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

Brigitte Michelsen, Eirik Kristianslund, Joseph Sexton, Hilde Berner Hammer, Karen Minde Fagerli, Elisabeth Lie


Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

2017

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

Hilde Berner Hammer, Tore Kristian Kvien, Lene Terslev


Arthritis Research & Therapy

2017

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

Karin Magnusson, Alexander Mathiessen, Hilde Berner Hammer, Tore Kristian Kvien, Barbara Therese Slatkovsky Christensen, Bård Natvig


Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

2017

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

Alexander Mathiessen, Barbara Therese Slatkovsky Christensen, Tore Kristian Kvien, Ida Kristin Haugen, Hilde Berner Hammer


RMD Open

2017

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

Marthe Gløersen, Elisabeth Mulrooney, Alexander Mathiessen, Hilde Berner Hammer, Barbara Therese Slatkovsky Christensen, Karwan Faraj


BMJ Open

2017

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

Brigitte Michelsen, Andreas P Diamantopoulos, Dag Soldal, Hilde Berner Hammer, Arthur Kavanaugh, Glenn Haugeberg


RMD Open

2017