Abstracts tagged "Biomechanics"

Abstract Number: 0839 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Tibial Acceleration During Walking to Knee Pain and Loading in Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis
Khara James¹, Patrick Corrigan², Corey Lanois³, Chun-Hao Huang⁴, Irene Davis⁵ and Joshua Stefanik⁴, ¹Northeastern Unviersity, Boston, MA, ²Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, ³Northeastern University, Providence, RI, ⁴Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ⁵University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Background/Purpose: Pain and abnormal loading are known to be associated with the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Individuals with knee OA have increased vertical loading…
Abstract Number: 0970 • ACR Convergence 2022
Influence of Sociodemographic and Clinical Features on Ground Reaction Force Variability Among Individuals with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Novel Computational Approach
Yvonne Golightly¹, Siqi Xiang², Elyse Borgert², Liubov Arbeeva³, Richard Loeser², Stephen Messier⁴, Amanda Nelson⁵ and J.S. Marron², ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁵University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Abnormally applied forces across the knee during walking play a central role in knee osteoarthritis (OA) disease pathways. Biomechanical data collected continuously during gait…
Abstract Number: 1125 • ACR Convergence 2021
Synovial Perivascular Edema Is Associated with Altered Knee Loading Patterns During Gait in Patients with Medial Compartment-Dominant Knee Osteoarthritis
McKenzie Carter¹, Holly Philpott¹, Trevor Birmingham², Ryan Pinto³, Codie Primeau¹, J. Robert Giffin¹, Brent Lanting² and Tom Appleton², ¹Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Western University, Kitchener, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Synovial inflammation and aberrant joint loads are independent risk factors for knee osteoarthritis (OA) incidence and progression. Perivascular edema, the accumulation of fluid around…
Abstract Number: 0565 • ACR Convergence 2020
In Those with Unilateral Frequent Knee Pain, Between-Limb Differences in Stance Time During Walking Increase the Risk of Frequent Pain in the Other Knee: The MOST Study
Patrick Corrigan¹, David Felson², Cara Lewis³, K. Douglas Gross⁴, Michael Nevitt⁵, Beth Lewis⁶, James Torner⁷ and Joshua Stefanik¹, ¹Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Boston University, Brookline, MA, ⁴MGH Institute of Health Professionals, Boston, MA, ⁵Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, ⁷University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) commonly begins as a unilateral disease, with pain in only one knee. Yet 88% of persons with unilateral knee OA develop…
Abstract Number: 724 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Biomechanical Properties of Skin for Assessment of Scleroderma: A Systemic Review
Peiyun Ni¹, Lilit Garibyan ² and Rox Anderson ², ¹Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Skin involvement is one of the early features of scleroderma and an important predictor of internal organ involvement and mortality. Skin fibrosis alters the…
Abstract Number: 2600 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
‘If You Don’t Use It, You Lose It’: Rehabilitation of Finger Dexterity and Ability to Perform Activities of Daily Living in Systemic Sclerosis
Elena Eusterwiemann¹, Marina Anderson ², Mark Robinson ¹ and Gabor Barton ¹, ¹Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool
Background/Purpose: Hand involvement due to increased skin thickness and skin collagen content is one of the first manifestations of systemic sclerosis (SSc) leading to a…
Abstract Number: 957 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Biomechanical Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Stephan Reichenbach^1,2, Sarah Heldner¹, Armando Lenz³, David T. Felson⁴ and Peter Jüni⁵, ¹Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ³CTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC), Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Biomechanics plays an important role in knee osteoarthritis (OA). A new biomechanical footwear system aims at altering knee loading patterns and retraining neuromuscular control…
Abstract Number: 1369 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Influence of Hand Osteoarthritis on Bone Microstructure and Biomechanical Properties of Radial Bone
David Simon, Sara Unbehend, Sara Bayat, Juergen Rech, Axel J. Hueber, Georg Schett and Arnd Kleyer, Department of Internal Medicine 3—Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU), Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Erlangen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Primary hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is a heterogeneous disease, with erosive and osteoproliferative changes of the finger joints. [1] Due to the lack of treatment…
Abstract Number: 2002 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Dynamic Compression of Articular Cartilage Explants Increases Formation and Decreases Degradation of Type II Collagen
Amalie Engstrøm^1,2, Anne C. Bay-Jensen², Morten A. Karsdal² and Christian S. Thudium², ¹Department of Biomedical Science, University of Copenhagen, København, Denmark, ²Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Mechanical loading is recognized as a major factor in initiation and progression of osteoarthritis (OA). Conversely loading is believed to play an essential role…
Abstract Number: 652 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Investigating the Role of Mechanical Stress in Spondyloarthritis Pathogenesis
Breanna Nguyen¹, Robert Colbert² and Gerlinde Layh-Schmitt¹, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ²NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Mechanotransduction is a cell’s ability to translate mechanical stimuli into biochemical signals and has been implicated in signaling pathways involving differentiation and proliferation. Mechanical…
Abstract Number: 2185 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relation of Foot Pronation to Medial Knee Load in Persons with Medial Knee Osteoarthritis
K. Douglas Gross¹, Richard Jones², David T. Felson³, Salinda Chong⁴ and Howard J. Hillstrom⁵, ¹Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, ²School of Health Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, ⁵Rehabilitation, Hospital Special Surgery (HSS), New York, NY
Background/Purpose: The knee adduction moment (KAM) estimates medial knee load during gait, with high KAM fueling worsening OA. Understanding how foot mechanics contribute to KAM…
Abstract Number: 2765 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Centre of Pressure Characteristics during Walking in Individuals with and without First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Osteoarthritis
Hylton Menz¹, Maria Auhl², Jade Tan² and Shannon Munteanu¹, ¹La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia, ²School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint (1st MTPJ OA) is a common and disabling condition characterised by symptoms of joint pain and stiffness, formation of…
Abstract Number: 359 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Association of Scheuermann’s Disease with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture Risk
Marine Gaudé¹, R Chapurlat² and Pawel Szulc³, ¹Rheumatology, INSERM UMR 1033 and University of Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, ²INSERM UMR 1033 and University of Lyon, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France, ³Epidemiology of Osteoporosis, INSERM UMR 1033, Lyon, France
Background/Purpose: Scheuermann’s disease is one of the most frequent illnesses of the spine in teenagers. Its evolution over time is poorly understood. Spinal deformities, by…
Abstract Number: 1307 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Anatomical Patterns Suggest the Involvement of Biomechanical Stress in the Pathogenesis of Erosions in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Matthew A. Jessome¹, Michael A. Tomizza¹, Karen A. Beattie², William G. Bensen², Raja S. Bobba², Alfred Cividino², Patrick D. Emond², Chris Gordon², Lawrence Hart², Maggie Larche², Arthur Lau³, Ruben Tavares², Stephen Tytus² and Jonathan D. Adachi², ¹Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³50 Charlton Avenue East, St Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: There is limited data outlining the anatomic characteristics of bone erosions of the small joints in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In particular, there is minimal…
Abstract Number: 291 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relation of Foot Pronation during Walking to Risk of Worsening Lateral Patellofemoral and Medial Tibiofemoral Cartilage Damage
K. Douglas Gross^1,2, Howard J. Hillstrom³, Carrie Brown⁴, Richard Jones⁵, Joshua Stefanik⁶, Michael C. Nevitt⁷, Cora E. Lewis⁸, James Torner⁹ and David T. Felson², ¹Physical Therapy, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Rehabilitation, Hospital Special Surgery (HSS), New York, NY, ⁴Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, ⁵School of Health Sciences, University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶Physical Therapy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ⁷Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁸Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham City, AL, ⁹Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: Foot pronation can lead to lateral patellofemoral (PF) maltracking with reduced tibiofemoral (TF) varum, inciting speculation that the highly pronated foot reported in knees…

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