Abstracts tagged "Disability"

Abstract Number: 1013 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Influence of Vertebral Fractures On the Functional Disability of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Soo-Kyung Cho¹, Joo-Hyun Lee², Min-Kyung Han³, Seunghun Lee⁴, Ji Young Kim⁵, Jeong Ah Ryu⁶, Yun Young Choi⁵, Sang-Cheol Bae⁷ and Yoon-Kyoung Sung⁸, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ²Department of Rheumatology, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Goyang, South Korea, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Disease, Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Department of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ⁵Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁶Department of Radiology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ⁷Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis (CRCRA), Seoul, South Korea, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis (CRCRA), Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, painful, and disabling disease associated with reduced health-related quality of life (HRQOL) compared to the general population. Higher…
Abstract Number: 717 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Results From a Multi-Tiered Item Collection On Linking Systemic Sclerosis to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: A EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Initiative
Lesley Ann Saketkoo¹, Reuben Escorpizo², Kevin J. Keen³, Kim Fligelstone⁴ and Oliver Distler⁵, ¹LSU Scleroderma and Sarcoidosis Patient Care and Research Center, New Orleans, LA, ²ICF Research Branch in cooperation with the WHO Collaborating Centre for the Family of International Classifications in Germany (DIMDI), Nottwil, Switzerland, ³Mathematics and Statistics, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada, ⁴Royal Free Hospital, Scleroderma Unit and Scleroderma Society, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) affects multiple organs with complex combinations of disability. Skin fibrosis, ischemic pain, ulceration, arthritis, joint contractures, myopathy and cardiopulmonary, renal as…
Abstract Number: 232 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Natural History of Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis – an Observational Longitudinal Study
Pedro Machado¹, Andrea Cortese¹, Jasper Morrow¹, Liz Dewar¹, Andy Hiscock¹, Adrian Miller¹, Stefen Brady², David Hilton-Jones², Matt Parton¹ and Michael G. Hanna¹, ¹MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, United Kingdom, ²Oxford Muscle and Nerve Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Our aim was to assess prospectively the clinical features and functional impact of inclusion body myositis (IBM), to identify reliable outcome measures for future…
Abstract Number: 208 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Outcome of Muscle Function and Disease Activity in Patients Recently Diagnosed with Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis – Preliminary Results of a 1-Year Follow-up Registry Study
Helene Alexanderson¹, Jenny Bergegård², Christina Ottosson³, Maryam Dastmalchi⁴ and Ingrid E. Lundberg⁵, ¹Dept of Neuroscience, Care Science and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Physical Therapy, Orthopedic/Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Solna, Unit of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Most patients with polymyositis (PM) and dermatomyositis (DM) develop sustained muscle impairment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the muscle endurance (Functional…
Abstract Number: 2698 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
FMS and SLE Patients Have Higher Treatment Expectations Than RA Patients
Robert S. Katz¹, Hannah Bond², Jessica L. Polyak², Lauren Kwan² and Susan Shott¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: It is anticipated that patients with high expectations for improvement of their medical condition may get frustrated when a significant degree of benefit does…

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