Abstracts tagged "fibromyalgia"

Abstract Number: 994 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation Studies of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010 Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Criteria and the 2011 Self-Report Modification for Survey and Clinical Research
Frederick Wolfe¹, Daniel J. Clauw², MaryAnn FitzCharles³, Don Goldenerberg⁴, Winfried Häuser⁵, Robert S. Katz⁶, Philip J. Mease⁷, Anthony Russell⁸, I Jon Russell⁹ and Brian Walitt¹⁰, ¹National Data Bank, Wichita, KS, ²Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Tufts University School of Medicine, Newton, MA., Newton, MA, ⁵Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, ⁶Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁷Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁸Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁹Arthritis & Osteoporosis Ctr of South Texas, San Antonio, TX, ¹⁰National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, Bethesda, DC
Background/Purpose: The provisional criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010 and the 2011 self-report modification for survey and clinical research are widely used…
Abstract Number: 996 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of a Shared Medical Appointment for Patients with Fibromyalgia in a Rural, Academic Medical Center: A Process Improvement Initiative for the Development of a New Care Model
Nicole M. Orzechowski¹, Debra Lloyd², Katherine Tuthill¹, Julie Puttgen³ and Rachael Bergeron¹, ¹Rheumatology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, ²Rheumatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Ctr, Lebanon, NH, ³Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a complex chronic pain condition with patients often presenting with multiple somatic complaints that are difficult to address in standard new patient…
Abstract Number: 997 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
2016 Revisions to the 2010/2011 Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Criteria
Frederick Wolfe¹, Daniel J. Clauw², MaryAnn FitzCharles³, Don Goldenerberg⁴, Winfried Häuser⁵, Robert S. Katz⁶, I Jon Russell⁷, Philip J. Mease⁸, Anthony Russell⁹ and Brian Walitt¹⁰, ¹National Data Bank, Wichita, KS, ²Chronic Pain & Fatigue Research Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Newton-Wellesley Hospital and Tufts University School of Medicine, Newton, MA., Newton, MA, ⁵Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, ⁶Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁷Arthritis & Osteoporosis Ctr of South Texas, San Antonio, TX, ⁸Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁹Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ¹⁰National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, Bethesda, DC
Background/Purpose: The provisional criteria of the ACR 2010 and the 2011 self-report modification for survey and clinical research are valid, reliable and widely used for…
Abstract Number: 998 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Brain Responses to Other’s Pain in Fibromyalgia – a Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Study
Abraham Goldstein¹, Maor Wolf² and Jacob N. Ablin³, ¹Gonda Brain Research Center, Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, ²Gonda Brain Research Center, Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat - Gan, Israel, ³Rheumatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a disorder characterized by the presence of widespread pain and tenderness, which is now believed to be, at least in…
Abstract Number: 1058 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adjustment Profiles Comprising Objective and Subjective Measures in Fibromyalgia Patients
Fernando Estévez-López^1,2, Inmaculada C Álvarez Gallardo¹, Víctor Segura-Jiménez^1,3, Milkana Borges-Cosic¹, Manuel Pulido-Martos⁴, Ana Carbonell-Baeza³, Virginia A Aparicio^1,5, Rinie Geenen² and Manuel Delgado-Fernández¹, ¹University of Granada, Granada, Spain, ²Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, ³University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain, ⁴University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain, ⁵VU University Medical Care, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Only one-third of FM patients obtain benefits after receiving one of the available therapy modalities. Insights into the heterogeneous picture of FM might improve…
Abstract Number: 1411 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
An Electronic MDHAQ (multidimensional health assessment questionnaire) Beyond an Electronic RAPID (routine assessment of patient index data): 21.3% of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Identified As Having Secondary Fibromyalgia Versus 3.5% By Clinicians
Theodore Pincus and Nathaniel Cook, Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: A major impediment to use of patient questionnaires in routine clinical care has been the absence of electronic entry for patients and for doctors…
Abstract Number: 1767 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Poor Body Image in Lupus: Is It Disease Activity, Damage, Sleep, Pain, Fatigue, Stress, Function, Medications, Depression or Fibromyalgia?
Stacy Weinberg¹, Nisarg Gandhi², Meenakshi Jolly³, Winston Sequeira² and Shilpa Arora², ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Rush, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have poorer body image (BI) than age matched controls. Few studies have been done looking at the effect…
Abstract Number: 1791 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Loss of Elbow Hyperextension in Females with Early Rheumatologic Disease Was Common in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis but Rare in Fibromyalgia
John P. Case¹, Heidi Tucker² and Congbin Wang³, ¹Internal Medicine/Rheumatology, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, ²Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ³Internal medicine, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The elbow extension angle (ELB) is commonly given as 180o although most healthy females exhibit hyperextension(1). The loss of hyperextension (LOH) in a…
Abstract Number: 2080 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Three Simple Tests to Raise the Index of Suspicion for Fibromyalgia in Primary Care
Amanda W. St. John¹, Jonathan H. Aebischer², Robert M. Bennett³, Madeleine J. Sanford², Kaitlin Z. Haws⁴ and Kim D. Jones³, ¹Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ³Schools of Nursing and Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: 356 patients were studied (mean age 50 ± 16.3 years, 70% female). Chart review revealed that 53 (15%) of these patients carried a…
Abstract Number: 52 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregabalin Dose-Response for Sleep Quality and Pain Response in Fibromyalgia: A Post-Hoc Analysis of Three Randomized Trials
Andrew Clair¹, Ed Whalen¹, Neal Thomas¹ and Lynne Pauer², ¹Pfizer, New York, NY, ²Pfizer, Groton, CT
Background/Purpose: Pregabalin is often administered for treatment of fibromyalgia (FM) at daily doses lower than approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (starting dose…
Abstract Number: 33 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Fibromyalgia Patients
Thomas Romano, Private Practice, Martins Ferry, OH
Background/Purpose: Low levels of Insulin-dependent growth factor 1 (IGF-1) have been described in Fibromyalgia (FM) patients, suggesting that they have adult growth hormone (GH) deficiency.…
Abstract Number: 2200 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Active Commuting and Physical Activity in Women with Fibromyalgia
Manuel Herrador-Colmenero¹, Fernando Estévez-López¹, Víctor Segura-Jiménez¹, Inmaculada C Álvarez-Gallardo¹, Alberto Soriano-Maldonado¹, Daniel Camiletti-Moirón^1,2, Virginia A Aparicio¹, Manuel Delgado-Fernández¹ and Palma Chillón¹, ¹University of Granada, Granada, Spain, ²University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia symptomatology results in a low functional capacity1, limiting the daily activities and the quality of life of the patients2. Walking for commuting is…
Abstract Number: 54 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients with Fibromyalgia in General Have Higher Self-Report Questionnaire Scores Than Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Implications for Clinical Trials and Clinical Research
Theodore Pincus¹, Isabel Castrejón¹, Joel Block² and Nathaniel Cook¹, ¹Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Division of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are included in clinical trials generally are selected for measures indicating high disease activity, such as more than…
Abstract Number: 42 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Small Fibre Neuropathy Biopsies (SFN) in Primary Fibromyalgia Revealed Predominant Association with Metabolic Syndrome (in addition to other known treatable causes of SFN) but No Clear Distinction Related to Biopsy Results
Euthalia Roussou¹, Johnathan Chan², Istvan Bodi³ and Aleksandar Radunivics², ¹Rheumatology, Dr, London, United Kingdom, ²Neurologist, London, United Kingdom, ³Department of Clinical Neuropathology, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To assess patients with primary fibromyalgia (pFM) for small fibre neuropathy (SFN) and to correlate biopsy results between groups and with known causes of…
Abstract Number: 2206 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Data on Treatment from Brazilian Fibromyalgia Patients Registry (EpiFibro)
José E. Martinez^1,2, Marcelo C. Rezende^1,3, Eduardo Paiva^1,4, Daniel Pollak^1,5, Milton Helfenstein Jr^1,6, Jose Roberto Provenza^1,7, Aline Ranzolin^1,8, Luiz Severiano Ribeiro^1,9, Eduardo J. R. Souza^1,10, Roberto E Heymann^1,11 and Marcos Renato Assis^1,12, ¹Brazilian Society of Rheumatology, São Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology, Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sorocaba, Brazil, ³Santa Casa de Campo Grande, Campo Grande, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba Parana, Brazil, ⁵Rheumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ⁶RUA JOAO DE LACERDA SOARES, 90, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁷Rheumatology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ⁸Hospital das Clínicas - Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, ⁹Instituto de Previdência dos Servidores do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ¹⁰Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, ¹¹Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ¹²Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina de Marilia, Marilia, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The Brazilian registry on fibromyalgia syndrome (EpiFibro) included 810 patients who satisfied the American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR1990) at the…

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