Nordberg LB, et al. - Researchers gauged whether or not ultrasound in combination with clinical examination is better than clinical examination alone at identifying joints that will benefit from intraarticular injections in early rheumatoid arthritis. They also compared the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided vs palpation-guided procedures. Findings suggested a variation in the effectiveness of intraarticular glucocorticoid injections according to ultrasound findings at the time of injection, which supports the use of ultrasound as a tool to select joints that will benefit from intraarticular injections. Nonetheless, the superiority of ultrasound needle guidance to palpation guidance was not noted.