Abstract Number: 322 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reduction of Treatment Needed for Knee Osteoarthritis after Bariatric Surgery
Background/Purpose: Medical treatment for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) can be limited and risk morbidity. Weight loss reduces the arthritis burden and may preclude aggressive treatment. Bariatric…Abstract Number: 323 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Perioperative Interventions for Smoking Cessation in Hip and Knee Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis and Other Non-Traumatic Diseases
Background/Purpose: Total knee and hip arthroplasty (TKA and THA) are very common surgeries performed in patients who suffer from pain and functional limitation due to…Abstract Number: 324 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activity Limitations in Persons with Low, Medium, and High Levels of Pain Prior to Total Knee Replacement: Implications for Appropriateness and Efficacy
Background/Purpose: Historically, persons with knee OA considered for total knee replacement (TKR) have had severe pain, as reflected in high WOMAC scores, in addition to…Abstract Number: 325 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Best Performing Definition of Accelerated Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Accelerated knee osteoarthritis (AKOA) may be a unique subset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) that is associated with a knee injury and greater age, body…Abstract Number: 326 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Older Adults without Extreme Obesity Are at Highest Risk for Accelerated Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Accelerated knee osteoarthritis (AKOA) may be a unique subset of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). AKOA is more common among those who are older, overweight, or…Abstract Number: 327 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Relation of Plasma Vitamin K Status to Meniscal Pathology in Knee Osteoarthritis: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Background/Purpose: Vitamin K is an essential cofactor in bone and cartilage mineralization. Low serum vitamin K has been associated with increased prevalence of hand…Abstract Number: 328 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Associations Between Body Composition Measures of Obesity and Radiographic Osteoarthritis in Older Adults: Data from the Dong-Gu Study
Background/Purpose: We examined the effects of fat deposition on radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) to determine the role of obesity in the pathology of radiographic OA.Methods: Data…Abstract Number: 329 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Leptin and Risk of Knee Pain and Osteoarthritis: Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Serum Leptin and Risk of Knee Pain and Osteoarthritis: Multicenter Osteoarthritis StudyD. Misra, J. Niu, D.T. Felson, M. Nevitt, J. Torner, C.E. Lewis, A. Hu,…Abstract Number: 330 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calf Muscle Adiposity Is Associated with Impaired Physical Performance in Knee OA
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease associated with significant muscle weakness and disability. Ectopic fat in the thigh, including intramuscular fat (intraMF; fat…Abstract Number: 331 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Are Metabolic Factors Associated with Shoulder Osteoarthritis? a Multicentric Study.
Background/Purpose: Aging, trauma and obesity are the 3 main risk factors for knee, hip and hand osteoarthritis (OA). It is noteworthy that risk factors for…Abstract Number: 332 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adipokine SERUM Levels in Patients with EARLY Knee Osteoarthritis with and without Metabolic Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multifactorial disease. The metabolic syndrome (MS) has been linked to this disease; adipokines levels have been associated in the…Abstract Number: 333 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking and Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Evolution. Results from the Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Long-Terme Assessment Cohort
Background/Purpose: Relations between smoking and osteoarthritis remains discussed. The protective effect found in previous epidemiological studies has not been confirmed by recent studies and meta…Abstract Number: 334 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lifetime Risk of Symptomatic Hand Osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 27 million adults in the United States. Symptomatic hand osteoarthritis (SHOA) is a common condition that affects hand strength and function.…Abstract Number: 335 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Hand Osteoarthritis and Factors Associated with Pain in Korean Farmers
Background/Purpose: Farming activity is burdened work with excessive use of hands. Thus, farmers are expected to have high prevalence of hand osteoarthritis (HOA). However, there…Abstract Number: 336 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lack of Uniform Diagnostic Criteria for Erosive OA: A Systematic Review
Background/Purpose: Erosive osteoarthritis (EOA) is a potentially important subtype of osteoarthritis initially described in the 1960s. Since that time, EOA has been the focus of…