Abstracts tagged "Disability"

Abstract Number: 124 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disability In Fibromyalgia Is Associated With Greater Self-Reported Symptoms and Functional Impairment
Emmanouil Rampakakis^1,2, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles³, Peter A. Ste-Marie⁴, John S. Sampalis^1,2 and Yoram Shir⁴, ¹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology & Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: It is intuitive that disablement due to illness should be reflected in illness severity. When illness measurement is based on subjective report only, without…
Abstract Number: 2292 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factors Affecting The Discrepancy Between Physician and Patient Global Assessment Of Disease Activity In Early and Established Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients- Results From The Ontario Best Practices Initiative
Pooneh Akhavan¹, Binu Jacob², Edward C. Keystone^3,4, Xiuying Li⁵, J. Carter Thorne⁶ and Claire Bombardier⁷, ¹Medicine, Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Program, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²University Health Network, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Toronto/Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Clinical Decision Making and Health Care, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Discrepancy between patient (PGA) and physician (MDGA) global assessments in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) can adversely affect therapeutic decisions. The pattern of PGA and MDGA,…
Abstract Number: 2090 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effects of Commercially Available Footwear On Foot Pain and Disability in People With Gout: A Feasibility Study
Keith Rome¹, Sarah Stewart², Alain Vandal^3,4, Peter J. Gow⁵, Peter J. McNair² and Nicola Dalbeth⁶, ¹Health & Rehabilitation Research Institute, Auckland, New Zealand, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand, ²Health & Rehabilitation Research Institute, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand, ³Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁴Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁵Rheumatology Dept, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, ⁶Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Background/Purpose: The non-pharmacological management goals for people with foot-related rheumatic diseases are pain management, preservation of foot function and patient mobility. One of the therapeutic…
Abstract Number: 1989 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Determinants Of Functional Disability In Patients With Gout: Longitudinal Analysis From a Multicentre Observational Study Of The Italian Society For Rheumatology
Carlo Alberto Scirè¹, Maria Manara¹, Greta Carrara¹, Marco A. Cimmino², Marcello Govoni³, Fausto Salaffi⁴, Leonardo Punzi⁵, Carlomaurizio Montecucco⁶, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁷ and Giovanni Minisola⁸, ¹Epidemiology Unit -Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ²Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, ³Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology Unit - Polytechnic University of the Marche, Jesi, Italy, ⁵Department of Medicine - DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology, University and IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology, University of Florence, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Florence, Italy, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Gout is the most prevalent arthritis and significantly impacts on function. Beside the influence of concurrent comorbidities, identifying disease-related prognostic factors may help to…
Abstract Number: 1791 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reaching The Target Of Low Disease Activity At 6 Months Predicts Better Long-Term Functional Outcome In Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Pooneh Akhavan¹, Bindee Kuriya², Edward C. Keystone^3,4, Juan Xiong⁵, Janet E. Pope⁶, Gilles Boire⁷, Diane Tin⁸, Boulos Haraoui⁹, Carol A. Hitchon¹⁰ and Vivian P. Bykerk^11,12, ¹Medicine, Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Program, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis and Autoimmune Disease, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶St Joseph Health Care, London, ON, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁸The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁰Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ¹¹Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Current clinical practice guidelines recommend remission, and if not possible, low disease activity (LDA) as the treatment target in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients should…
Abstract Number: 1779 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized Controlled, Clinical, Histological and mRNA Profiling Pilot Study Of Endurance Exercise In Myositis
Li Alemo Munters^1,2, Ingela M. Loell³, Joan Raouf⁴, Maryam Dastmalchi³, Eva Lindroos⁵, Christina Ottosson⁶, Yi-Wen Chen⁷, Annemarie F van Delden⁸, Mona Esbjörnsson⁹, Marina Korotkova¹⁰, Helene Alexanderson¹¹, Kanneboyina Nagaraju¹² and Ingrid E. Lundberg¹³, ¹Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, , Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Physiotherapy, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁶Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁷Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA., Washington DC, DC, ⁸Department of Medicine,, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden., Stockholm, Sweden, ⁹Department of Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, ¹⁰Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹²Research Center for Genetic Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, DC, ¹³Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: This pilot study is a hypothesis-driven exploratory part of a larger randomized controlled trial evaluating effects of a supervised 12-week endurance exercise program (EG)…
Abstract Number: 1306 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Do Sustained Clinical Remission and Sustained Low Disease Activity Equally Predict Functional Status In Early Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Bindee Kuriya¹, Juan Xiong², Gilles Boire³, Boulos Haraoui⁴, Carol A. Hitchon⁵, Janet E. Pope⁶, J. Carter Thorne⁷, Diane Tin⁸, Edward C. Keystone⁹, Cheryl Barnabe¹⁰, Pooneh Akhavan¹¹ and Vivian P. Bykerk¹², ¹Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology Division, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁴Rheumatology, Institut de Rhumatologie de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁶Rheumatology, St Joseph Health Centre, London, ON, Canada, ⁷Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁸The Arthritis Program, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁹Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Medicine, Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Medicine, Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Program, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹²Divison of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Sustained clinical remission (REM) is the therapeutic goal in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but low disease activity (LDA) may be acceptable. Little is known…
Abstract Number: 250 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Synovial Inflammation In Meniscal Tear Patients: CCL19 mRNA Expression Is Independently Associated With Knee Related Disability
Anjali Nair¹, Charles Bush-Joseph², Nikhil Verma², Matthew Tetreault², Kanta Saha³, Arkady Margulis⁴, Louis F. Fogg⁵ and Carla R. Scanzello³, ¹Section of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Orthopedics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁴Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁵Department of Nursing, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: In patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA), synovitis is associated with severity of knee symptoms. Previously, we demonstrated that in patients undergoing partial meniscectomy without…
Abstract Number: 251 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical Activity Is Associated With Reduced Incident Disability: Evidence From The Osteoarthritis Initiative
Dorothy D. Dunlop¹, Jing Song¹, Pamela A. Semanik², Leena Sharma², Joan M. Bathon³, Charles Eaton⁴, Marc C. Hochberg⁵, Rebecca D. Jackson⁶, C. Kent Kwoh⁷, W, Jerry Mysiw⁶, Michael C. Nevitt⁸ and Rowland W. Chang¹, ¹Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁴Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI, ⁵Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁷School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁸Epidemiology & Biostatistics, UCSF (University of California, San Francisco), San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Over 56 million people in the U.S. are classified as disabled. Physical activity is a low cost, broadly applicable approach to improve cardiovascular fitness,…
Abstract Number: 1825 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Work Disability and Work Limitations in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Are Equal and Increase with Comorbidities
Chanseok Rhee¹, Janet E. Pope², Andrew E. Thompson³, Nicole G. H. Le Riche⁴, Gina Rohekar⁵ and Sherry Rohekar⁵, ¹School of Medicine and Dentistry, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentisty, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, St. Joseph Health Care London, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Rheumatology, St. Josephs Health Ctr, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Department of Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital, London, ON, Canada, ⁵Rheumatology, St. Joseph's Hospital, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Few studies directly compare work disability (WD) and work productivity losses in different forms of inflammatory arthritis (IA) such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic…
Abstract Number: 1576 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Identifying Subgroups of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Based On Levels of Pain, Disability, and Depression
Taylor Draper¹, Sarah R. Ormseth², M. Custodio³, Michael H. Weisman⁴, M.R. Irwin⁵ and Perry M. Nicassio⁵, ¹Psychology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, ²Cousins Center for PNI, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ⁴Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Cousins Center for PNI, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Pain, disability, and depression are present in various degrees in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). In spite of meeting the same diagnostic criteria, some…
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…

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