Abstracts tagged "Elderly"

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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