Abstracts tagged "fibromyalgia"

Abstract Number: 1974 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Pregabalin for Fibromyalgia in a Population of Chinese Patients: A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Xiao Zhang¹, Huji Xu², Zhiyi Zhang³, Yang Li⁴, Lynne Pauer⁵, Shanmei Liao⁶, Gaiping Xu⁷ and Fengchun Zhang⁸, ¹Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong, China, Guangdong, China, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, ³The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, Harbin, China, ⁴The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, Harbin, China, ⁵Pfizer, Groton, CT, USA, Groton, CT, ⁶Pfizer (China) Statistics Department, Global Innovative Pharma Business, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China, ⁷Pfizer (China) Clinical Development, Global Innovative Pharma Business, Beijing, China, Beijing, China, ⁸Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: Global trial data demonstrate the efficacy of pregabalin for the treatment of pain associated with fibromyalgia (FM), but there are currently no approved medical…
Abstract Number: 1976 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High and Low Widespread Pain Index Fibromyalgia Patient Groups, Same, or Different?
Sahar Kaouk¹, Yaseen Kinanah², Nilamba Jhala³, Deb Bork⁴, Sarah Rispinto⁵, Sara Davin⁵, William Wilke⁴ and Carmen E. Gota^4,6, ¹John Carroll University, University Heights, OH, ²Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ³Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁵Neurologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁶The Cleveland Clinic Rheum, The Cleveland Clinic Desk A50, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: The ACR 2010 preliminary criteria for fibromyalgia (FM) classifies patients in high WPI group, widespread pain index (WPI) ≥7, symptom severity scale (SS) ≥5,…
Abstract Number: 153 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in Physician in Training; A Cross Sectional Study
Sarah Alobud¹, Nour Alsultan¹, Abeer Alhazzani¹, Yasmin Altymani¹, Muneera Albugami¹, Maha Omair² and Mohammed Omair³, ¹King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ²Department of Statistics, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Background/Purpose: Physicians in training (PIT) are at increased of developing pain sensitization syndromes due to stress and interrupted sleep. The prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in…
Abstract Number: 1981 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Etiology of Fibromyalgia May be Related to Increased Muscle Pressure
Robert S. Katz¹, Jessica L. Polyak², Alexandra Katz Small³, Ben J Small⁴ and Frank Leavitt¹, ¹Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates S.C., Chicago, IL, ³University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁴Rheumatology, University of Illinois at Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL
The Etiology of Fibromyalgia May be Related to Increased Muscle PressureBackground/Purpose: The muscles are tender in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients, and the location of pain…
Abstract Number: 155 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Xerostomia in Patients with Fibromyalgia
Nicolas Lloves¹, Anastasia Secco², Virginia Durigan³, Santiago Scarafia², Felix Romanini Sr.⁴ and Marta Mamani⁴, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, CABA, Argentina, ³Reumatology, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, CABA, Argentina, ⁴Hospital Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a rheumatic disease characterized by diffuse, chronic musculoskeletal pain, of non-articular origin, which is evidenced by the palpation of painful points…
Abstract Number: 1990 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness and Durability of a Brief Multidisciplinary Treatment Program for Patients with Fibromyalgia
Jessica Gehin¹, Andy Abril², Fernando Rivera³, Benjamin Wang⁴, Ronald Butendieck², Florentina Berianu², Kenneth Calamia², Madeleine Allman¹, Isabel Abril¹ and Barbara Bruce¹, ¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ³Division of Consultative and Diagnostic Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ⁴Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) effects upwards of 60 million adults in the US alone. The disability and psychological distress often observed in these patients has been…
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…

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