Abstracts tagged "Back pain"

Abstract Number: 0844 • ACR Convergence 2023
Facet Joint Inflammation Is Rare, but When Present It Is Associated with Facet Joint Ankylosis in Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients from the SIAS Cohort
Manouk de Hooge¹, Rosalinde Stal², Alexandre Sepriano³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Monique Reijnierse⁵, Juergen Braun⁶, Désirée van der Heijde⁷, Floris Van Gaalen² and Sofia Ramiro⁷, ¹Ghent University Hospital, Hesperange, Luxembourg, ²Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, Leiden, Netherlands, ³Leiden University Medical Centre, Portela Loures, Portugal, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To assess whether posterior element (PE) inflammation, in particular in the facet joints (FJ), is associated with new facet joint ankylosis on MRI one…
Abstract Number: 1405 • ACR Convergence 2023
Diagnostic Delay of Axial Spondyloarthritis in African American Patients
John Byun¹, Hans Vitzthum von Eckstaedt¹, Kichul Ko² and Reem Jan¹, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The identification of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) remains challenging. The initial presentation is not always immediately apparent as an inflammatory disease, potentially leading to years…
Abstract Number: 0057 • ACR Convergence 2022
Accelerating AxSpA Diagnosis: Exploring At-home Self-sampling, Symptom Checkers, Medical Student-visits and Asynchronous Report-based Assessment
Hannah Labinsky¹, Sophie von Rohr², Maria Gabriella Raimondo³, Ekaterina Vogt⁴, Britta Horstmann², Isabel Gehring⁵, Jessica Rojas-Restrepo⁵, Fabian Proft⁶, Felix Mühlensiepen⁷, Daniela Bohr², Georg Schett⁸, Andreas Ramming³ and Johannes Knitza³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3 - Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology & Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnberg and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, 91054 Erlangen, Germany; Deutsches Zentrum Immuntherapie, Friedrich-Alexander-UniversityErlangen-Nürnberg and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Thermo Fisher Scientific, Freiburg, Germany, ⁵Thermo Fisher Scientific, Freiburg, ⁶Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Center for Health Services Research, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor Fontane, Rüdersdorf, ⁸Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: The growing shortage of rheumatologists threatens adequate rheumatological care. The diagnostic delay for axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is particularly long, ranging between 3 to 11…
Abstract Number: 0374 • ACR Convergence 2022
The BASDAI Index During Pregnancy
Olga Krichevskaya, Tatiana Dubinina, Ekaterina Ilinih, Svetlana Glukhova, Anastasia Demina and Irina Andrianova, V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia
Background/Purpose: During pregnancy, BASDAI may reflect not only the activity of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), but also back pain and fatigue, that are associated with the…
Abstract Number: 0420 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Does It Mean – A Good Response to NSAIDs? A Systematic Comparison of Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis and Controls with Chronic Back Pain
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Imke Redeker², Elena Bergmann³, Styliani Tsiami⁴ and Juergen Braun⁵, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: A fast response to NSAIDs is an important finding in the evaluation of clinical findings within the items comprising the ASAS classification criteria but…
Abstract Number: 0833 • ACR Convergence 2022
Disability Among Persons with Chronic Severe Back Pain: Results from a Nationally Representative Population Based Sample
Debbie Feldman¹ and Richard Nahin², ¹University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: With the high prevalence of back pain and the high costs associated with the cases that become chronic there has been an emphasis on…
Abstract Number: 0834 • ACR Convergence 2022
Use of the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) Questionnaire in the Assessment of Chronic Lower Back Pain
Brendan Thoms¹, Bradley Tompkins² and Chi Chi Lau¹, ¹University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, ²University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Background/Purpose: Chronic lower back pain (LBP) is a common primary care presentation with substantial socio-economic impact. There are several indices to measure pain / function…
Abstract Number: 1942 • ACR Convergence 2022
Maybe Silent: Spine Disease in Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis, Clinical Features, Risk Factors, and Red Flags
Shima Yasin¹, T. Shawn Sato², Emma Leisinger², Aleksander Lenert², Yongdong (Dan) Zhao³ and Polly Ferguson¹, ¹University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ²University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³University of Washington, Redmond, WA
Background/Purpose: Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a female predominant autoinflammatory bone disease. The average age at disease onset is 9-10 years. The majority have…
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: 1919 • ACR Convergence 2021
Detection of Radiographic Sacroiliitis with an Artificial Neural Network in Patients with Suspicion of Axial Spondyloarthritis
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Fabian Proft², Kay-Geert Hermann², Laura Spiller², Stefan Niehues², Lisa Adams², Mikhail Protopopov², Valeria Rios Rodriguez², Burkhard Muche², Judith Rademacher², Murat Torgutalp², Keno Bressem² and Janis Vahldiek², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography of the sacroiliac joints is still recommended as the first imaging method for the diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis (axial SpA). In many…
Abstract Number: 1945 • ACR Convergence 2021
Efficacy of Upadacitinib on Psoriatic Arthritis with Axial Involvement Defined by Investigator Assessment and PRO-Based Criteria: Results from Two Phase 3 Studies
Xenofon Baraliakos¹, Roberto Ranza², Andrew Ostor³, Francesco Ciccia⁴, Laura Coates⁵, Simona Rednic⁶, Jessica Walsh⁷, Tianming Gao⁸, Apinya Lertratanakul⁸, In-Ho Song⁸, Fabiana Ganz⁸, Kevin Douglas⁸ and Atul Deodhar⁹, ¹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ²Hospital de Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlandia, MG, Brazil, ³Monash University, Cabrini Hospital, and Emertius Research, Malvern, Australia, ⁴University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Napoli, Italy, ⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ⁶Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Rheumatology and Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, Romania, ⁷Salt Lake City Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC)/University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁸AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Patients with PsA and axial involvement have higher disease activity and greater reductions in quality of life;1 however, there are no accepted criteria for…
Abstract Number: 0158 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Influence of Age on the Prevalence of Inflammatory and Post-inflammatory MRI Lesions in the Sacroiliac Joints of Patients with and Without Axial Spondyloarthritis
Xenofon Baraliakos, Styliani Tsiami, Anna Kühn, Martin Fruth and Jürgen Braun, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is clinically characterized by chronic inflammatory back pain and by inflammatory and structural changes in the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) as assessed…
Abstract Number: 0363 • ACR Convergence 2021
Disease Course and Disease Burden in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from 5-year Multicountry Prospective Observational Study
Denis Poddubnyy¹, Joachim Sieper², Servet Akar³, Santiago Muñoz-Fernández⁴, Hildrun Haibel², Fabiana Ganz⁵ and Robert Inman⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ²Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology (including Nutrition Medicine), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³Izmir Katip Celebi University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Abbvie Inc., North Chicago, IL, ⁶University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients (pts) with axial SpA (axSpA) can be classified into radiographic axSpA (r-axSpA) and non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA) based on the presence or absence of…
Abstract Number: 0370 • ACR Convergence 2021
Awareness and Attitudes Regarding Axial Spondyloarthritis Among Primary Care Providers
Yuliya Afinogenova¹, Swetha Ann Alexander², Narinder Maheshwari³, Sonam Kiwalkar⁴ and Abhijeet Danve⁵, ¹Yale School of Medicine, Hamden, CT, ²University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, ³UConn Health, West Hartford, CT, ⁴The Vancouver Clinic, Portland, OR, ⁵Yale University, Rocky Hill, CT
Background/Purpose: There is significant discrepancy between population and diagnostic prevalence of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in the US. Delayed and missed diagnosis…
Abstract Number: 0371 • ACR Convergence 2021
Self-referral Strategy for Early Diagnosis of Axial Spondyloarthritis- Preliminary Analysis from Finding Axial Spondyloarthritis Study
Yuliya Afinogenova¹, Swetha Ann Alexander², Andrew Haims³ and Abhijeet Danve⁴, ¹Yale School of Medicine, Hamden, CT, ²University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, ³Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴Yale University, Rocky Hill, CT
Background/Purpose: Lack of timely rheumatology referral for suspected axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a major contributor to delayed diagnosis in patients with chronic back pain (CBP).…

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