Abstract Number: 2103 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationships Between Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectancy, and Outcomes In Older Adults With Osteoarthritis Of The Knee and Hypertension: Baseline Results
Background/Purpose: Staying Active with Arthritis (STAR), an intervention guided by Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory, is being investigated in an ongoing clinical trial of an individually delivered,…Abstract Number: 2104 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exercise For Ankylosing Spondylitis: It′s Still Important
Background/Purpose: Previous systematic reviews [1] and international consensus [2] have agreed that exercise is beneficial in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and this concept is widely supported…Abstract Number: 2105 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Differences In Spinal Mobility Measures In Relation To Disease Duration and Between Subgroups With Axial Spondyloarthritis
Background/Purpose: Spinal mobility is a core domain for research and clinical practice in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) but less studied in undifferentiated SpA (USpA). Our objective…Abstract Number: 2106 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Aquatic Exercise Training For Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain condition leading to reduced physical function. Exercise training is recommended for people with FM. We examined randomized controlled…Abstract Number: 2107 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Benefitial Effects Of a Simple Stretching Exercise Program For Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Background/Purpose: Static and dynamic stretching exercises are applied in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients to preserve and restore the axial mobility. However, there are no data…Abstract Number: 2108 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pre- and Postoperative Physical Therapy In Total Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery: A Multi Center Study
Background/Purpose: Physical therapy shown to be effective after Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Less evidence is available for preoperative physical therapy in Total Hip and…Abstract Number: 2069 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Interferon-α Is a Biomarker To Reflect The Disease Activity In Patients With Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 (MDA5) Antibody-Positive Dermatomyositis
Background/Purpose: The pathogenesis of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody (Ab)-positive dermatomyositis (DM), which often complicates rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (RPILD), is thought to…Abstract Number: 2070 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cytokine Profiles In Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis Complicated With Anti-Melanoma Differentiation-Associated Gene 5 Antibody-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Or Anti-Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetase Antibody-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Polymyositis (PM) / dermatomyositis (DM) are often complicated with interstitial lung disease (ILD). In PM/DM, complication with ILD is associated with anti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS),…Abstract Number: 2071 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adipokines Contribute To The Inflammatory Response In Adult and Juvenile Myositis
Background/Purpose: Recently adipokines have been implicated for their role in regulating immune and inflammatory responses in autoimmune disease. To test the hypothesis that adipokines are…Abstract Number: 2072 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Decreased Number Of Circulating NK Cells and Dramatic Lack Of IFN-Gamma Production In Patients With Antisynthetase Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Antisynthetase syndrome (ASS) is a rare autoimmune myositis associated with interstitial lung disease (ILD) and characterized by specific anti-tRNA-synthetase autoantibodies (ARS). To date, the…Abstract Number: 2073 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical and Prognostic Factors Associated With Survival In Mexican Patients With Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases, with low prevalence and 5-year survival of 70-95%. Previous studies in Mexican IIM…Abstract Number: 2074 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Analysis Of Prognostic Factors In Patients With Inflammatory Myopathies and Amyopathic Dermatomiositis Complicated With Interstitial Lung Disease
Background/Purpose: Because interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most critical manifestations and can be lethal in inflammatory myopathies (IM), especially amyopathic dermatomiositis (ADM),…Abstract Number: 2075 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis Of The Associations Between Serum Ferritin and Cytokines In Pulmonary Disease Activity With Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis
Background/Purpose: Polymyositis (PM) / dermatomyositis (DM) is occasionally complicated by interstitial lung disease (ILD), and ILD is a prognostic factor in PM/DM. We previously reported…Abstract Number: 2076 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Oxidation Products Of Arachidonic Acid and Linoleic Acid Are Increased In High Density Lipoprotein From Patients With Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis
Background/Purpose: Oxidation products of arachidonic acid and linoleic acid including hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) and hydroxyoctadecadienoic acids (HODEs), respectively, play an important role in the…Abstract Number: 2077 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inflammatory Lung Disease a Potential Risk Factor For Onset Of Inflammatory Myopathies
Background/Purpose: Although the etiology of inflammatory myopathies is unclear, there are data indicating that myositis occurs as a result of complex interactions between genes and…