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Abstract Number: 0721

Timed Function Tests as Measures of Disease Activity and Functional Outcome in Inflammatory Myositis

saikumar dunga1, Chengappa Kavadichanda2 and VirSingh Negi3, 1Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India, 2JIPMER, Pondicherry, India, 3Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India

Meeting: ACR Convergence 2021

Keywords: Functional Index, Manual Muscle testing, Myositis, Outcome measures, Timed Function tests

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Date: Sunday, November 7, 2021

Session Title: Muscle Biology, Myositis & Myopathies Poster (0683–0722)

Session Type: Poster Session B

Session Time: 8:30AM-10:30AM

Background/Purpose: Manual muscle testing (MMT) and Functional index 2(FI-2) are the usual methods in assessing disease activity and functional status in IIM1. Limitations of MMT8 include low sensitivity to change and floor/ceiling effect2 .FI-2 takes a longer time to administer. Several Timed function tests (TFTs) namely 2-minute walk test (2MWT), 30s raise from a chair test and 30s 1kg arm rise test have potential to measure both these aspects2 and needs to be evaluated in IIM.

Our objective was to evaluate the performance of TFT in assessing muscle diseases at baseline and to evaluate the performance of TFTs to detect the longitudinal change in muscle power and endurance at 3 and 6 months.

Methods: This was an observational cohort study which included 42 patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis satisfying EULAR/ACR classification criteria. MMT8, FI-2, FI-3 and TFTs were done at baseline, 3 months and 6 months. Individuals with a stable MMT-8 over last 1 month with no evidence of extra muscular disease activity were classified as inactive and the others as active disease.

Results: All 42 [11 (27%) polymyositis, and 31 (73%) dermatomyositis] completed three month follow-up assessment and 39 underwent evaluation at 6 months. The mean MMT8 of the total study population at 59±12, 67 ±8 and 71 ± 9 at baseline, 3 and 6 months respectively. In the active disease subgroup the MMT-8 was 62.6 ± 18, 69.7 ± 9 (n=42), 73.8 ± 9.6 (n=39)at baseline, 3 and 6 months respectively. The 3 TFTs had moderate to high correlation with MMT8 and FI-2 adn FI-3 at baseline (Table 2). The change in TFTs showed a moderate to strong correlation with the change in FI-2 as well as FI-3 among the study population at three months and six months (Table 3). Among the TFTs 2MWD had the best performance with moderate correlation with both MMT8, FI-2 and FI-3 in active disease suggesting a role in assessing both disease activity and endurance.

Conclusion: Using timed function tests can be an excellent alternative to FI-2/3 in assessing muscle endurance. 2-minute walk distance could be a better alternative to conventional muscle testing as it measures both power and endurance, is simple to perform and could be a valid patient reported outcome measure.

Table1: Mean MMT8, F_2, FI_3, and Timed function tests in active and inactive disease groups at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months

Table 2: Correlation between TFT and MMT8, FI_2 & FI_3 at baseline in the study population

Table 3: Correlation of change in TFT with change in composite MMT8, FI_2 at 3 months and 6 months


Disclosures: s. dunga, None; C. Kavadichanda, None; V. Negi, None.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

dunga s, Kavadichanda C, Negi V. Timed Function Tests as Measures of Disease Activity and Functional Outcome in Inflammatory Myositis [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021; 73 (suppl 9). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/timed-function-tests-as-measures-of-disease-activity-and-functional-outcome-in-inflammatory-myositis/. Accessed January 30, 2023.
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