Abstracts tagged "Chronic pain and low back pain"

Abstract Number: 2604 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Pain Chronification and the Important Role of Non-disease Specific Symptoms in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Caroline Evers ¹, Suzana Jordan ¹, Britta Maurer ¹, Rucsandra Dobrota ¹, Petra Hoederath ² and Oliver Distler³, ¹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ²Centre for Neurosurgery, Hirslanden, St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland, ³Dept. of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zürich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Pain is a frequent, yet inadequately explored challenge in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The aim of this study was to conduct an extensive…