Abstract Number: 218 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Social Factors and Racial Disparities in Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes
Background/Purpose: Socioeconomic factors such as poverty may mediate racial disparities in health outcomes including those of total hip arthroplasty (THA), and confound analyses of differences…Abstract Number: 312 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rates of Total Joint Replacement Utilization in the U.S.: Future Projections to 2020-2040 Using the National Inpatient Sample
Background/Purpose: To project the future utilization of total hip and knee joint arthroplasty (THA, TKA).Methods: We used the 2000-2010 U.S. National Inpatient Sample combined with…Abstract Number: 977 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity with Late-Life Mobility Limitation Among Women with Total Joint Replacement for Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Maintaining mobility in old age is an important public health goal for patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA), who are vulnerable to functional…Abstract Number: 1029 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
What to Measure after Arthroplasty? Confirmation of a Core Domain Set
Background/Purpose: The Outcomes Measures in Rheumatology Trials (OMERACT) TJR Working Group has proposed six core domains that would constitute a standardized measurement set that can…Abstract Number: 2755 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparative Risk of Biologic Therapies in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergoing Elective Arthroplasty
Background/Purpose: Biologic DMARDs have varying mechanisms of action and may be associated with different infection risks. The perioperative time period is a particularly high-risk time…Abstract Number: 2786 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Timing of Abatacept Infusions before Elective Arthroplasty and the Risk of Post-Operative Infection
Background/Purpose: Current guidelines recommend holding biologic DMARDs before major surgery, despite limited data. Few studies have examined perioperative timing of individual biologic therapies. This study…Abstract Number: 2852 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Widespread Pain Prior to Total Knee Replacement (TKR) Is Associated with Increased Risk of No Clinical Improvement in Pain Among Women
Background/Purpose: Up to 47% of individuals may not have clinically significant improvement following joint replacement surgery. Evidence also suggests that women are less likely to…Abstract Number: 2331 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trends in Joint Replacement Surgery in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze time-trends in various types of total joint arthroplasty (TJA) and assess if the proportion of the…Abstract Number: 986 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sex-Specific Associations Between Improvement in Gait Mechanics and Improvement in Pain, Function, and Abductor Strength after Total Hip Arthroplasty
Background/Purpose: There are sex disparities in both utilization and outcomes of total hip arthroplasty (THA).1 Identification of sex-specific biomechanical factors related to outcomes could lead…Abstract Number: 1520 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
RA Flare after Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty: Preliminary Outcomes at 1 Year
Background/Purpose: Post-op flares are frequent for RA patients after total hip (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), when medications are discontinued to mitigate infection…Abstract Number: 2052 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preoperative Timing of Infliximab and Risk of Post-Operative Infection in a Medicare Cohort
Background/Purpose: Patients taking biologic DMARDs often undergo elective surgery, but data to guide if and when to hold biologics before surgery is limited. This study…Abstract Number: 1281 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reduction in Rural-Urban Disparity in Discharge Disposition to Home after Total Knee Arthroplasty in the U.S
Background/Purpose: Rural-urban disparities in outcomes after total joint arthroplasty are of great interest, given the differences in health care access and social support between those…Abstract Number: 1417 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rural Residence Does Not Impact Total Ankle Arthroplasty Utilization and Outcomes
Background/Purpose: It is not known whether there are rural-urban disparities in Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA), given that TAA is a relatively new procedure and…Abstract Number: 1418 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Importance of Comorbidity in Understanding the 6-Month Trajectories of Pain and Function after Total Hip Arthroplasty
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is chronic condition associated with a number of other comorbidities which may affect the 6 month pattern of recovery of total hip…Abstract Number: 1490 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Patients Forget Their Artificial Joint after Arthroplasty?
Background/Purpose: Knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) are the clinical outcome of a functional and structural failure resulting with pain and physical dysfunction. Total joint arthroplasty…
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