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Abstract Number: PP08 • ACR Convergence 2022
Learning to Advocate for Myself and the Young Adult Community While Finding My Place as a Patient Partner at CARRA (Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance)
Ela Chintagunta¹, Courtney Wells² and Kristine Carandang³, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, Chicago, IL, ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN, ³Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: I was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at the age of 13 when I was experiencing joint swelling in my lower body and my…
Abstract Number: PP14 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Use of Social Support as Treatment
Aleta McLean, Open Hand Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: The months leading up to my diagnosis were frustrating. Initially my hair started falling out. I was told it was stress related. I was…
Abstract Number: PP11 • ACR Convergence 2022
Exercise as a Supportive Treatment for My Ankylosing Spondylitis
Sara King-Dowling, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) are often caught in a paradox as they experience mobility challenges, but long periods of immobility cause increased…
Abstract Number: 2260 • ACR Convergence 2022
Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation Improves Destabilized Medial Meniscus-Induced Osteoarthritis Pain Associated with Significant Serum Biomarker Changes
Shivmurat Yadav¹, Monika Niewiadomska¹, Lynsie Morris², Taylor Conner², Jessica Lumry², Sanique South³, Emmaline Prinz², Matlock Jeffries², Timothy Griffin², Stavros Stavrakis¹ and Mary Beth Humphrey¹, ¹University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma CIty, OK, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Okahoma City, OK
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting over 32.5 million US adults and characterized by pain, stiffness, swelling and functional disability.…
Abstract Number: PP26 • ACR Convergence 2022
Chronically Catherine: A Sex and the City-Inspired Autobiographical Column for Disabled Young Adults on Subjects We Really Care About – Like Disabled Dating and How Hot Cheetos Saved My Life
Catherine Ames¹, Courtney Wells² and Kristine Carandang¹, ¹Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, ²University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Young Patients' Autoimmune Research and Empowerment Alliance, St. Paul, MN
Background/Purpose: What if Carrie Bradshaw, sex advice columnist, fashionsta, and all around icon from Sex and the City were chronically ill? Or disabled? That's the…
Abstract Number: PP20 • ACR Convergence 2022
‘It Is Due to Stress’ – But Which Type of Stress? Cumulative childhood stress is a risk factor for autoimmune disease
Melissa Allman, Michigan State University, Meridian Charter Township, MI
Background/Purpose: Trauma can have profound detrimental influences on our health and well-being. I am tangibly familiar with how trauma can impact the individual due to…
Abstract Number: PP19 • ACR Convergence 2022
Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Rural Farming Community: How I Found a Rheumatologist and Got Targeted Treatment
Vanessa Kerr, Mexico, MO
Background/Purpose: I'm Vanessa and I've been married to James, a farmer, for 27 years. We have 5 children and when my fourth was born, I…
Abstract Number: 2261 • ACR Convergence 2022
Pain in Osteoarthritis – Identification of GPR34 and GPR150 as Novel Targets in the Dorsal Root Ganglia
Matthew Wood¹, Terese Geraghty², David Thomas³, Alia Obeidat¹, Jun Li², Richard Miller⁴, Rachel Miller¹ and Anne-Marie Malfait⁵, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rush University, Chicago, IL, ³University of Minnesota Internal Medicine Residency, St. Paul, MN, ⁴Northwestern University, Evaston, IL, ⁵Rush University, Oak Park, IL
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of chronic pain worldwide. Currently available pain-alleviating therapies are often inadequate and associated with serious adverse effects, resulting…
Abstract Number: PP25 • ACR Convergence 2022
From Denial of Spondyloarthritis to Becoming a Support Group Leader and Medical Doctor of Rheumatology: A Patient’s Perspective
Shung Chiu¹ and Mei Nee Chiu², ¹Spondylitis Association of America, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, ²University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Background/Purpose: From being a table tennis champion to getting into medical school, I thought my life was smooth sailing. But little did I know it…
Abstract Number: 2256 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increased Brain Functional Connectivity to the Insula Is Associated with Nociplastic Pain in Psoriatic Arthritis
Flavia Sunzini¹, Kristian Stefanov¹, Salim Al-Wasity¹, Steven E Harte², Richard E Harris², Daniel J Clauw², Stefan Siebert³, Carl Goodyear¹, Gordon Waiter⁴ and Neil Basu¹, ¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Pain is a hallmark feature of psoriatic arthritis (PsA); however, its apparent multi-factorial nature makes it difficult for rheumatologists to assess and manage. Clinically,…
Abstract Number: 2251 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reduction in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Risk in Patients Treated with Tofacitinib
Matthew Baker¹, Yuhan Liu¹, Rong Lu¹, Janice Lin¹, Jason Melehani¹ and William Robinson², ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Clinically significant interstitial lung disease (ILD) occurs in roughly 10% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There are limited data on the pathogenesis of…
Abstract Number: PP23 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Journey to Collaborative Care and Patient-Centric Educational Opportunities for a Scleroderma Patient
Amy Gietzen and Hannah Bowen, The Ann Steffens Scleroderma Foundation, Albany, NY
Background/Purpose: In 2001 I started to experience forearm, elbow, and wrist pain. My fingers were constantly swollen, and sensitive. After 6 months of living in…
Abstract Number: 2254 • ACR Convergence 2022
Detection of Active Inflammatory and Structural Changes Indicative of Axial Spondyloarthritis on MRI of Sacroiliac Joint Using a Deep Learning Framework
Keno Kyrill Bressem¹, Lisa Adams¹, Fabian Proft², Kay-Geert Hermann³, Torsten Diekhoff¹, Laura Spiller¹, Stefan Niehues¹, Marcus Makowski⁴, Bernd Hamm¹, Mikhail Protopopov⁵, valeria Rios-Rodriguez⁶, Hildrun Haibel⁷, Judith Rademacher⁵, Murat Torgutalp⁷, Robert G Lambert⁸, Xenofon Baraliakos⁹, Walter P Maksymowych¹⁰, Janis Vahldiek¹ and Denis Poddubnyy², ¹Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, ⁵Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Charité - Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁸University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Magnetic resonance tomography (MRI) plays a key role in the early diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, the detection of changes indicative of axSpA…
Abstract Number: 1786 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anterior Knee Pain Is Associated with 2-year Compartment Specific Patellofemoral Cartilage Worsening: The MOST Study
Corey Lanois¹, Natalie Collins², Tuhina Neogi³, Ali Guermazi⁴, Frank Roemer⁵, Michael LaValley⁶, Michael Nevitt⁷, James Torner⁸, Cora E. Lewis⁹ and Joshua Stefanik¹⁰, ¹Northeastern University, Providence, RI, ²University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, ³Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁵Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, ⁶Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, ⁷University of California at San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁸University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ¹⁰Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Anterior knee pain (AKP) may be a precursor to patellofemoral osteoarthritis (PFOA). Cross-sectionally, frequent AKP has been associated with MRI features of PFOA; however,…
Abstract Number: 1785 • ACR Convergence 2022
PROs and Sociodemographic Factors in Year Prior to COVID Predict Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Adults with RA in First 2 Years of Pandemic: Data from the Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort
Susan Bartlett¹, orit schieir², Marie-France Valois², Janet Pope³, Louis Bessette⁴, Gilles Boire⁵, Carol Hitchon⁶, Edward Keystone⁷, Carter Thorne⁸, Diane Tin⁹, Glen Hazlewood¹⁰ and Vivian Bykerk¹¹, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁵Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁷Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹The Arthritis Program Research Group, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Growing evidence points to considerable mental health impacts of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, though data from longitudinal studies in rheumatic diseases are sparse. We…

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