Abstracts tagged "Elderly"

Abstract Number: 73 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Frequency and Risk Factors for Recurrent Falls in Community-Dwelling Elderly: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study in Brazil. the São Paulo Ageing & Health (SPAH) Study
Ketty LLL Machado¹, Diogo S. Domiciano², Luana G. Machado³, Camille P. Figueiredo³, Jaqueline B. Lopes³, Valéria Caparbo³, Liliam Takayama³, Ricardo M. Oliveira⁴ and Rosa Maria Pereira³, ¹Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴RDO Diagnosticos Medicos, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Falls are among the leading external causes of mortality in the elderly. This issue acquires substantial importance in low-income countries where the population’s aging…
Abstract Number: 51 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Incidence of Non-Vertebral Osteoporotic Fracture and Hip Fracture in Brazilian Low-Income Community-Dwelling Elderly: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Analysis from the São Paulo Ageing & Health (SPAH) Study
Diogo S. Domiciano¹, Luana G. Machado², Jaqueline B. Lopes², Camille P. Figueiredo², Valéria Caparbo², Liliam Takayama², Ricardo Oliveira³, Paulo R Menezes⁴ and Rosa M. R. Pereira⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³RDO Diagnósticos Médicos, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Preventive Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁵Reumatologia, Faculdade de Medicina, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: There is considerable variability in the incidence of hip fracture among countries, even among different geographical areas within the same country. In Brazil, population…
Abstract Number: 52 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Visceral Fat Measured By Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Is Associated with Increased Risk of Non-Spine Fractures in Nonobese Elderly Women: a Population-Based Prospective Cohort Analysis from the São Paulo Ageing & Health (SPAH) Study
Luana G. Machado¹, Diogo S Domiciano¹, Camille P. Figueiredo¹, Jaqueline B. Lopes¹, Valéria Caparbo¹, Liliam Takayama¹, Ricardo M. Oliveira² and Rosa M R Pereira¹, ¹Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ²RDO Diagnosticos Medicos, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose The protective role of obesity on bone health has currently been questioned, since it has been demonstrated that visceral fat have a deleterious effect…
Abstract Number: 3011 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ambulatory Gait Analysis in Clinical Practice: Single or Dual Task Conditions?
Bernard Auvinet¹, Claude Touzard² and Vincent Goëb³, ¹Rheumatology Unit, Polyclinic, LAVAL, France, ²Gerontology Unit, Hospital of Laval, LAVAL, France, ³Rheumatology, Amiens University Hospital, Amiens, France
Background/Purpose Interest in ambulatory gait analysis is increasing thanks to validated gait analysis apparatus dedicated to clinical practice. Such methodology has to be reproducible, sensitive,…
Abstract Number: 2434 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Gait Instability in the Elderly: A New Dedicated out-Patients Consultation
Vincent Goeb¹, Bernard Auvinet² and Claude Touzard³, ¹Rhumatology Department, University Hospital, AMIENS, France, ²Rheumatology Unit, Polyclinic, LAVAL, France, ³Gerontology Unit, Hospital of Laval, LAVAL, France
Background/Purpose Gait instability which represents a common but non-specific complaint, mainly in the elderly, is of major interest in PubMed (6038 references). Gait Instability can…
Abstract Number: 2050 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Knee Arthritis Is Positively Associated with Physical Impairment: Conclusion Based on Physical Examinations from a Cross-Sectional Study of 17708 Chinese Residents
Qiang Liu¹, Xu Tang Sr.², Xu Wu³, Zhengming Cao² and Jianhao Lin², ¹Arthritis Clinical and Reserch Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China, ²Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China, ³Peking University People's Hospital Arthritis Clinic & Research Center, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose The prevalence of knee arthritis is high in both urban and rural China. Although the association between knee arthritis and limitation of daily activity…
Abstract Number: 2047 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
No Association of Serum Uric Acid with Hip Fracture Risk in Older Men and Women from the Framingham Original Cohort
Shivani Sahni¹, Kelsey Mangano², Katherine Tucker³, Caroline Fox⁴, Douglas P. Kiel⁵, Xiaochun Zhang⁶ and Marian T. Hannan¹, ¹Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Dept. of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Musculoskeletal Research, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Dept. of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ³Clinical Laboratory & Nutritional Sciences, Center for Population Health & Health Disparities, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, ⁴Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study and Center for Population Studies, Framingham, MA, ⁵Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Dept. of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Musculoskeletal Research, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Roslindale, MA
Background/Purpose: Serum uric acid (UA) has been linked with fractures in older men. Three different studies in older men showed conflicting results. The objective…
Abstract Number: 1220 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Higher Inflammatory Response in Elderly Patients during Gout Attack
Ji Ae Yang¹, Jae Hyun Lee¹, Eun Young Lee², Eun Bong Lee¹, Yeong Wook Song³ and Jin Kyun Park¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, ²Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
Higher inflammatory response in elderly patients during gout attack Background/Purpose Clinical experiences suggest that gout attacks in elderly patients are accompanied by stronger systemic inflammatory…
Abstract Number: 1109 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Impact of Age on Symptom Severity and Disease Management at Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
Emmanouil Rampakakis¹, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles², Peter A. Ste-Marie³, John S. Sampalis¹ and Yoram Shir³, ¹JSS Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Rheumatology and Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Population studies indicate that older persons experience more pain generally. Fibromyalgia (FM) affects persons of all ages, with previous studies on the impact of…
Abstract Number: 1064 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Unique Profile of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Rheumatoid Arthritis High-Risk Populations with Insufficient Risk Control
Ulf Müller-Ladner¹, Stefan Kleinert², Klaus Krüger³, Bianca Wittig⁴ and Rolf Hecker⁴, ¹Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Kerckhoff-Klinik GmbH, Abt. Rheumatologie und klinische Immunologie, Bad Nauheim, Germany, ²Rheumatologie, Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie-Nephrologie, Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis, Erlangen, Germany, ³Praxiszentrum St. Bonifatius, München, Germany, ⁴Abbvie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Wiesbaden, Germany
Background/Purpose More than 50% of premature deaths in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are due to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Both the cumulative burden of inflammation…
Abstract Number: 560 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Sensitivity of the ASAS Classification Criteria in Patients with HLA-B27 Positive Undifferentiated Spondyloarthritis with Onset of Disease after Age 45
Ignazio Olivieri¹, Michele Gilio², Salvatore D'Angelo¹, Angela Padula¹, Pietro Leccese¹, Silvana Di Bello¹, Norullah Akkoc³, Nicola Ferrara⁴ and Carlo Palazzi¹, ¹Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Potenza, Italy, ²San Carlo Hospital, Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Potenza, Italy, ³Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey, ⁴Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
Background/Purpose: The spondyloarthritis (SpA) complex also includes forms that do not meet criteria for the definite forms and are called undifferentiated SpA (uSpA). Recently the…
Abstract Number: 2854 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Restricting Back Pain and Subsequent Mobility Disability In Community-Living Older Persons
Una E. Makris¹, Liana Fraenkel², Ling Han³, Linda Leo-Summers³ and Thomas M. Gill⁴, ¹Rheumatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT, ³Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁴Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Although back pain is common and costly, few longitudinal studies have evaluated the association between back pain, severe enough to restrict activity (hereafter referred…
Abstract Number: 2464 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Late-Onset Ankylosing Spondylitis Has Distinctive Presenting Symptoms and a Higher Inflammatory Burden
Yeon-Ah Lee¹, Sang-Hoon Lee², Ran Song², Hyung-In Yang² and Seung-Jae Hong¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea, ²Rheumatology, Hospital at GANGDONG, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Most ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients experience their first symptoms prior to age 45. However, symptoms of AS can develop after the age 45 and…
Abstract Number: 2282 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance Of The 2010 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria For Rheumatoid Arthritis In a Group Of Elderly Onset Patients
Pierluigi Macchioni¹, Giovanni Barausse², Luigi Boiardi¹, Giulia Pazzola¹, Roberto Bortolotti², Giovanna Restuccia¹, Maria Grazia Catanoso¹, Giuseppe Paolazzi³ and Carlo Salvarani⁴, ¹Rheumatology Service, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Rheumatology, Ospedale di Trento, Trento, Italy, ³Rheumatology, Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic ability of the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in a consecutive series of elderly onset (> 50y)…
Abstract Number: 2162 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physical, Psychological, and Social Impacts Of Restricting Back Pain: The Older Person’s Perspective
Una E. Makris¹, Trisha V. Melhado², Simon C. Lee³, Heidi A. Hamann², Lisa M. Walke⁴, Thomas M. Gill⁴ and Liana Fraenkel⁵, ¹Rheumatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ²Clinical Sciences, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ⁴Internal Medicine, Section of Geriatrics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, ⁵Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, Yale University School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, New Haven, CT
Background/Purpose: Although back pain is the most common type of pain reported by older adults, we have a limited understanding of its impact on the…

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