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Abstract Number: 63 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Smoking and Cognitive Function in Patients with Fibromyalgia
Lin Ge^1,2, Terry H. Oh³, Ann Vincent⁴, Arya Mohabbat⁵, li Jiang⁶, Mary Whipple⁷, Samantha McAllister⁸, Zhen Wang⁹ and WenChun Qu¹⁰, ¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Rheumatology, Guang An Men Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Science,, Beijing, China, ³Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁶Rehabilitation, The Third Affiliated Hospital，Sun Yat-sen University,China, Guangzhou, China, ⁷Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁸Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁹Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹⁰Department Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Department of Anesthesiology Division of Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the association between smoking and cognitive function in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Methods: We surveyed 668 patients with FM from May 2012…
Abstract Number: 64 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Nociceptive Flexion Reflex Threshold: Possible Surrogate Marker of Symptom Severity in Fibromyalgia
Dennis Ang¹, Christopher France² and James Slaven³, ¹Section on Rheumatology and Immunology, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC, ²Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, ³Biostatistics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Background/Purpose: Central sensitization has been demonstrated in patients with fibromyalgia (FM) using an objective assessment of spinal nociception called the nociceptive flexion reflex (NFR). This…
Abstract Number: 65 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disability in the Rheumatic Diseases
Robert S. Katz¹, Hannah Leavitt², Lauren Kwan³ and Jessica L. Polyak³, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Suite 365, Rheumatology Associates S.C., Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology Associates S.C., Chicago, IL
Character count for abstract text: 1733 (1017 Characters Remaining) Background/Purpose: The number of people receiving disability payments in the United States has increased substantially. Rheumatic…
Abstract Number: 66 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia Patients Identify More Causes of Disease Flare Ups Than RA Patients
Robert S. Katz¹, Lauren Kwan², Hannah Leavitt² and Jessica L. Polyak², ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates S.C., Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Flare-ups are a frequent and painful part of FMS and RA. We compared FMS and RA patients with respect to stresses that the patients…
Abstract Number: 67 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Levels of Pro-Inflammatory and Lower Levels of Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines Are Present in Fibromyalgia Patients
Robert S. Katz¹, Hannah Leavitt² and Daniel Pickrell², ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Abnormalities in the central processing of pain may play a role in fibromyalgia and cytokines could be targets for new therapies. We measured cytokine levels…
Abstract Number: 68 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Stroop Word-Naming Test in Fibromyalgia Patients
Robert S. Katz¹, Alexandra Katz Small^1,2 and Kelli Davis³, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology Associates S.C., Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The Stroop Word-Naming Test has demonstrated decreased word-naming speed in many patients with fibromyalgia who experience the symptoms of fibrofog. The slower processing…
Abstract Number: 69 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibrofog in Mild and Severe Variants of Fibromyalgia
Robert S. Katz and Frank Leavitt, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: : A triad of symptoms defines cognitive dysfunction in fibromyalgia known as fibrofog. The set of primary signs are short-term memory loss, a general…
Abstract Number: 70 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Data from Brazilian Fibromyalgia Patients Registry (EPIFIBRO) in 2014
Jose Eduardo Martinez^1,2, Marcelo C. Rezende^3,4, Eduardo Paiva^4,5, Daniel Pollak^4,6, Milton Helfenstein Jr^4,7, Jose Roberto Provenza^4,8, Aline Ranzolin^4,9, Roberto E Heymann^4,10, Eduardo L. Ribeiro^4,11, Marcos Renato Assis^4,12 and Eduardo J. R. Souza^4,13, ¹Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Sorocaba, Brazil, ²Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Sorocaba, Brazil, ³Santa Casa de Campo Grande, Campo Grande, Brazil, ⁴Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, ⁶Rheumathology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁷RUA JOAO DE LACERDA SOARES, 90, Unifesp, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁸Rheumatology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁹Hospital das Clínicas - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, ¹⁰Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹¹Instituto de Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ¹²Faculdade de Medicina de Marilia, Marilia, Brazil, ¹³Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Background/Purpose: –The Brazilian registry on fibromyalgia syndrome (EPIFIBRO) included 810 patients who satisfied the American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR1990) at the…
Abstract Number: 71 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia Dysautonomia and Distress. Correlation Between the Newly Developed Composite Autonomic Symptoms (COMPASS-31) Questionnaire and the Fibromyalgia Polysymptomatic Distress Scale
Laura-Aline Martinez-Martinez¹, Maya Chacón Pérez², Paola Reyes-Loyola³ and Manuel Martínez-Lavín³, ¹National Institute of Cardiology. Mexico, Mexico City, TX, Mexico, ²National Institute of Cardiology, Mexico City, Mexico, ³National Institute of Cardiology. Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: A consistent line of investigation suggests that dysautonomia may explain the multisystem fibromyalgia features, and that fibromyalgia is a sympathetically maintained neuropathic pain syndrome.…
Abstract Number: 72 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of the New Survey Criteria for Fibromyalgia Under Conditions of Low and High Symptom Activity
Robert S. Katz and Frank Leavitt, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: In 2010, new criteria for fibromyalgia were proposed. In 2011, the questionnaire was adjusted so that patients provided the necessary information to satisfy the…
Abstract Number: 73 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anti -N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antibody Is Associated with Fibromyalgia in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jeong-Won Lee¹, Dong-Jin Park², Yi-Rang Yim¹, Ji-Eun Kim¹, Kyung-Eun Lee¹, Lihui Wen¹ and Shin-Seok Lee¹, ¹Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea, ²Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The high concordance of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with fibromyalgia (FM) suggests common underlying mechanisms related to pain and distress in both patient groups.…
Abstract Number: 74 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Characteristics of Fibromyalgia in a Chronic Pain Population
Mark Gostine¹, Fred Davis¹, Bradley Roberts², Rebecca Risko², Joseph Cappelleri³, Michael Asmus⁴, Andrew Clair⁵ and Alesia Sadosky⁶, ¹Michigan Pain Consultants, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, ²ProCare Systems, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, ³Biostatistics, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT, ⁴North American Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Inc., Middleton, WI, ⁵Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, ⁶Pfizer Inc,, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The study’s purpose was to advance the understanding and treatment of fibromyalgia (FM) for patients in a chronic pain management center. FM is a…
Abstract Number: 75 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia and Positional Cervical Cord Compression Differ Only By Autonomic Nervous System Consequences: A Double-Blinded, Prospective Study
Andrew Holman, Pacific Rheumatology Reseach, Seattle, WA
Background/Purpose: In 1998, C Muhle and D Resnick proposed a corollary to cervical spinal stenosis caused by intermittent abutment of the cervical spinal cord from…
Abstract Number: 76 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluating Weather’s Effect on Fibromyalgia Patients Using the Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire and the Brief Pain Inventory
Daniel Kim¹, Ruth Chan¹, Marcal Plans² and Kevin Hackshaw¹, ¹Rheumatology & Immunology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²Food Science and Technology Department, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether weather had an affect on fibromyalgia symptoms as measured by the Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire…
Abstract Number: 78 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exploratory Analysis of Somatic Symptoms in Fibromyalgia By Multidimensional Scaling and Latent Class Analysis
Marco Antivalle¹, Michele Battellino¹, Alberto Batticciotto¹, MariaChiara Ditto¹, Alessandra Mutti¹, Valentina Varisco¹, Federica Rigamonti¹, Fabiola Atzeni¹ and Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini², ¹Rheumatology, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy
Background/Purpose: Attempts to individuate subsets of fibromyalgia patients based on the aggregation of different symptoms have so far produced conflicting results. The 2010 preliminary diagnostic…

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