Abstract Number: 1357 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Flexion Contractures Are Associated with Worse Pain, Stiffness, and Function in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) causes pain, disability, and affects ~20% of the population in the United States [Wallace 2017]. Knee flexion contractures (FCs) are limitations…Abstract Number: 1889 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Acro-Osteolysis in Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Acro-osteolysis (AO) is the bony resorption on the distal tufts of the digits, a characteristic radiological finding in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) with estimated prevalence…Abstract Number: 2905 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Poor Hand Function in Systemic Sclerosis
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a progressive systemic disease that can lead to variable degrees of morbidity and disability. Hand dysfunction in SSc patients [1]…