Abstract Number: 1027 • ACR Convergence 2022
Low Dose Computed Tomography Hounsfield Units: A Reliable Methodology for Assessing Changes in Vertebral Bone Density in Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Background/Purpose: In radiographic axial Spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA), low dose Computed Tomography (ldCT) Hounsfield Units (HU) were shown to cross-sectionally reliably assess bone density at each vertebra…Abstract Number: 1096 • ACR Convergence 2022
IL-23 Induced Growth Differentiation Factor 15 Contributes to Trabecular Bone Loss, but Does Not Affect Skin, Gut or Joint Inflammation in Psoriatic Arthritis
Background/Purpose: IL-23 mediated inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are associated with bone loss in addition to more classical features such as skin…Abstract Number: 1277 • ACR Convergence 2022
Improving Patient Appropriate Osteoporosis Screening with Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Scans in an Academic Internal Medicine Practice
Background/Purpose: Nearly 53.6 million people in America have osteoporosis with increasing incidence each year (Brauer, JAMA 2009). Almost 25% of people with a hip fracture…Abstract Number: 1310 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is the Trabecular Bone Score (TBS) a Useful Tool in Patients with Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)?
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD) have an increased fracture risk (FxR). Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is a non-inflammatory disease characterized by…Abstract Number: 1320 • ACR Convergence 2022
Performance of FRAX® Brazil and NOGG Methodology with and Without Bone Mineral Density upon Predicting Fractures on a Community-Dwelling Elderly Population with High Incidence of Osteoporotic Fractures: The São Paulo Ageing and Health (SPAH) Study
Background/Purpose: SPAH is a prospective cohort of ≥65-year-old community-dwelling elderly with high fracture risk (40.3/1,000 person-years in women and 30.6/1,000 in men for vertebral fractures…Abstract Number: 1323 • ACR Convergence 2022
Secondary Prevention of Vertebral Fractures Sustained Efficacy over Time
Background/Purpose: Vertebral fractures entail a notorious social and health problem, and their presence is the greatest risk factor for the appearance of a new vertebral…Abstract Number: 1325 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Risks of Osteoporotic Fracture After Lung Transplant: A Retrospective Cohort Study at an International Transplant Center
Background/Purpose: Osteoporotic fractures are a well-known complication of lung transplant (LT) and can significantly impact the quality of life of LT recipients. Although much is…Abstract Number: 1326 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of COVID-19 Severity on Bone Mineral Density, Sarcopenia and Physical Performance Among Older Adults Following Hospitalization: A Pilot Study
Background/Purpose: Altered bone mineral density (BMD), muscle mass and physical performance has been associated with adverse outcomes, however, the effect of COVID-19 on the musculoskeletal…Abstract Number: 1146 • ACR Convergence 2021
Study of Vertebral and Femur Fracture Prevalence and Scanographic Bone Attenuation Coefficient of the First Lumbar Vertebra in an Academic Hospital Setting
Background/Purpose: Patients with osteoporosis are prone to suffer fragility fractures leading to an increased risk of future fractures. Detection of osteoporosis has been led by…Abstract Number: 1147 • ACR Convergence 2021
Therapeutic Inertia and Low Patient Compliance: Major Contributors to Low Treatment Rates in Patients with Osteoporosis with Clinical Vertebral Compression Fractures
Background/Purpose: Treatment rates with pharmacologic therapy after osteoporotic vertebral fracture are very low in the United States. Underlying causes of these low treatment rates are…Abstract Number: 1148 • ACR Convergence 2021
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Insufficiency Fractures of the Foot and Ankle Joint in Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases
Background/Purpose: Unlike fragility fractures, high-trauma and insufficiency fractures (IF) are not classically considered osteoporotic fractures. Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD), especially those with…Abstract Number: 1265 • ACR Convergence 2021
Paradoxical Effect of Vitamin D on Bone Mineral Density in SLE
Background/Purpose: Osteoporosis with fractures is consistently one of the top three items in the SLICC/ACR Damage Index in cohort studies internationally. As vitamin D insufficiency…Abstract Number: 1859 • ACR Convergence 2021
Bone Mineral Density in Patients Diagnosed with Giant Cell Arteritis Taking Glucocorticoids: A Case-control Study
Background/Purpose: The standard treatment for Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) is high dose glucocorticoid (GC). It is unknown whether steroids are more detrimental to the spine…Abstract Number: 0445 • ACR Convergence 2021
Safety and Efficacy of Denosumab vs Risedronate in Patients with Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Background/Purpose: Denosumab (DMAb) is approved for the treatment of glucocorticoid (GC)–induced osteoporosis (GiOP). In a phase 3, international, active-controlled, double-blind, double-dummy study, treatment with DMAb…Abstract Number: 1017 • ACR Convergence 2021
Osteoclast-Specific Transmembrane Protein (OC-STAMP) Regulates Osteoclastogenesis and Inhibits Inflammation in an Acute Arthritis Model
Background/Purpose: Dendritic Cell (DC)-Specific Transmembrane Protein (STAMP) expressed by osteoclast precursors is required for cell-cell fusion in the formation of the osteoclast (OC) polykaryon. Genetic…
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