Abstracts tagged "Back pain"

Abstract Number: 1587 • ACR Convergence 2021
Do Physical Therapists Use Recommended Treatments for Chronic Low Back Pain?
Debbie Feldman¹, Jonathan El-Khoury², Tatiana Orozco¹, François Desmeules³, Maude Laliberté¹ and Kadija Perreault⁴, ¹Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ³Research Centre of Hôpital Maisonneuve Rosemont, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Chronic low back pain has been the subject of many studies in medicine and physical therapy for over half a century. Clinical practice guidelines…
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).…
Abstract Number: 0377 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Prevalence of Inflammatory Back Pain and HLA-B27 in a Large Population-Based Cohort in the Netherlands
Stan Kieskamp, Suzanne Arends, Elisabeth Brouwer, Hendrika Bootsma, Ilja Nolte and Anneke Spoorenberg, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Chronic low back pain (CLBP; back pain >3 months) with onset at age < 45 and inflammatory back pain (IBP) are regarded as early…
Abstract Number: 0383 • ACR Convergence 2021
Differences Between Male vs. Female Presenting with Back Pain in an Integrated Delivery System
Aniket Kawatkar¹, Esther Yi², Erika Estrada¹, Jose Pio¹, Cecilia Portugal¹, David Yi¹ and Steve Lee³, ¹Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, ²Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Weehawken, NJ, ³Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Fontana, CA
Background/Purpose: Back pain exerts significant economic burden and in its inflammatory form is the main clinical symptom of axial spondylarthritis. We evaluated differences in patient…
Abstract Number: 1306 • ACR Convergence 2020
High Prevalence of Previously Undiagnosed Axial Spondyloarthritis in Patients Referred with Anterior Uveitis and Chronic Back Pain
Rianne van Bentum¹, Frank Verbraak², Sanne Wolf³, Maarten Boers⁴, Stevie Tan⁵ and Irene van der Horst-Bruinsma¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam UMC, location VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam UMC, location VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ³Amsterdam University Medical Center location VUmc, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center | Reade and Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: To reduce the diagnostic delay in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), Rheumatology and Ophthalmology guidelines recommend to refer patients with acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and chronic…
Abstract Number: 1316 • ACR Convergence 2020
Patient Perceptions of Fibromyalgia Symptoms and the Overlap with Axial Spondyloarthritis
Kelly Gavigan¹, William Nowell², Regan Reynolds¹, Laura Stradford¹, Jeffrey R Curtis³ and Alexis Ogdie⁴, ¹Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ²Global Healthy Living Foundation, New York City, NY, ³Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: In clinical practice, it is often challenging to distinguish fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) from axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), which includes ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axSpA. Early stages…
Abstract Number: 1340 • ACR Convergence 2020
Secukinumab Improves Pain, Morning Stiffness, Fatigue and Physical Function in Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor-Naïve Patients with Non-Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results from a Randomized Controlled Phase III Study
Helena Marzo-Ortega¹, Atul Deodhar², Ricardo Blanco³, Hideto Kameda⁴, Alan Kivitz⁵, Denis Poddubnyy⁶, Marina Magrey⁷, Jianyuan Wang⁸, Sibylle Haemmerle⁸, Abhijit Shete⁸ and Juergen Braun⁹, ¹The University of Leeds, Leeds Institute for Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK, Leeds, United Kingdom, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Hospital University Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁵Altoona Center for Clinical Research/Altoona Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Duncansville, PA, ⁶Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁷Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, ⁸Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁹Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet and Ruhr-University, 44649 Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) suffer from comparable disease burden to patients with ankylosing spondylitis/radiographic axSpA (AS/r-axSpA), including inflammatory back pain, morning stiffness,…
Abstract Number: 1545 • ACR Convergence 2020
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assistant Identifying Spinal Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis on Plain X-rays: A Pilot Deep Learning Study
Sarah Ringsted¹, Nishad Sathe¹, Atul Deodhar² and Dongseok Choi², ¹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a non-inflammatory condition most classically seen in the spine, and is characterized by ossification of the spinal ligaments…
Abstract Number: 1867 • ACR Convergence 2020
Two-Year Diagnostic Consistency in Patients with Chronic Back Pain Suspected of Axial Spondyloarthritis in Protocolised Follow-up: Data from the Spondyloarthritis Caught Early Cohort
Anne Boel¹, Miranda van Lunteren², Karen Fagerli³, Ulf Lindström⁴, Roberta Ramonda⁵, Marleen van de Sande⁶, Désirée van der Heijde⁷ and Floris van Gaalen⁸, ¹Leiden University Medical Centre, Hooge Zwaluwe, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Weesp, Netherlands, ³Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and inflammation research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden., Gothenburg, Sweden, ⁵University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁶Amsterdam UMC, AMC/University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: A diagnosis of (early) axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is based on pattern recognition, which can be challenging and may change over time. The aim of…
Abstract Number: 1868 • ACR Convergence 2020
Comparison of Quality of Life Between Chronic Back Pain Patients with and Without a Diagnosis of Axial Spondyloarthritis After 2-Year Protocolised Follow-up: Data from the Spondyloarthritis Caught Early Cohort
Anne Boel¹, Miranda van Lunteren², Karen Fagerli³, Sofia Exarchou⁴, Roberta Ramonda⁵, Marleen van de Sande⁶, Désirée van der Heijde⁷ and Floris van Gaalen⁸, ¹Leiden University Medical Centre, Hooge Zwaluwe, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Weesp, Netherlands, ³Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden, Malmo, Sweden, ⁵University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁶Amsterdam UMC, AMC/University of Amsterdam, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity Institute and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center (ARC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, ⁷Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁸Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare quality of life (QoL) between chronic back pain (CBP) patients with and without a diagnosis of…

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