Abstracts tagged "activities of daily living (ADL) and systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 3254 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of the Short Valued Life Activities Scale in People with Systemic Sclerosis
Janet L. Poole¹ and Betty Skipper^2,3, ¹Health Sciences Ctr OT Program, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ³Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disorder that results in skin thickening, vascular insufficiency, and fibrosis of internal organs, such as…