Abstracts tagged "fibromyalgia"

Abstract Number: 2056 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia Symptoms Beyond the Pain and Its Impact on the Patient
Abdelmoneim Helal¹, Dia MF Mohasseb², Noha AH El-Sawy² and Yousra H. Abdel-Fattah³, ¹Physical Medicine, Rheumatology & rehabilitation, Professor, Alexandria, Egypt, ²Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Professor, Alexandria, Egypt, ³Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) has been promoted as the commonest cause of chronic, widespread non-articular musculoskeletal pain, stiffness and fatigue. Although pain is the central feature…
Abstract Number: 894 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Small Fiber Neuropathy in Women with Fibromyalgia. a Clinical-Pathological Correlation Using Confocal Corneal Biomicroscopy
Manuel Ramírez-Fernández¹, Laura-Aline Martinez-Martinez², Angelica Vargas-Guerrero³, Manuel Martínez-Lavín⁴, Everardo Hernandez Quintela¹ and Jorge Velazco-Caspia¹, ¹Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Chief Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: A consistent line of investigation proposes that fibromyalgia is a sympathetically maintained neuropathic pain syndrome (Semin Arthritis Rheum 2000;29:197). This view has been recently reinforced…
Abstract Number: 2055 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Are There Immunological Abnormalities in Fibromyalgia Patients: Flow Cytometry Analysis
Robert S. Katz¹, Hannah Bond² and Daniel Pickrell², ¹Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is not thought to have an immunological pathogenesis: However, few studies have been done to evaluate immunological abnormalities. We analyzed lymphocyte subsets in…
Abstract Number: 401 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association of Anti-Thyroid Autoantibodies with Fibromyalgia in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jowairiyya Ahmad¹, Helena Blumen², Claudene George³, Asha Shrestha⁴ and Clement Tagoe⁵, ¹Geriatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Centre, Bronx, NY, ²Geriatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Geriatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical centre, Bronx, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Centre, Bronx, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, Albert Einsetin College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Centre, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose Autoimmune thyroiditis has been linked independently with fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain. We studied how the presence of autoimmune thyroiditis affects the clinical presentation…
Abstract Number: 1879 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Efficacy of Pregabalin for Treating Fibromyalgia Patients with Moderate or Severe Baseline Widespread Pain
Andrew Clair and Birol Emir, Pfizer Inc, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Pregabalin has demonstrated efficacy for the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM), but insufficient evidence exists on how the efficacy of pregabalin may differ by baseline…
Abstract Number: 252 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preliminary Validation of the Michigan Body Map
Chad M. Brummett¹, Jenna Goesling², Rishi Bakshi³, Jennifer Wolfe⁴, Stephanie Moser⁵, David A. Williams⁶ and Afton L. Hassett⁷, ¹Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Chronic Pain & Fatigue Rsch Ctr, Univ of MI Hlth System-Lobby M, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁷Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose One of the hallmark features of fibromyalgia and other centralized pain states is widespread body pain. We developed the Michigan Body Map (MBM) to…
Abstract Number: 1869 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Child Pain, Function, and Psychological Outcomes in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Program
Cara Hoffart¹, Rawni Anderson², Amy Chapman³, Brandi Dorton³, Danielle Feltrop³, Misty Wilson³ and Dustin Wallace⁴, ¹Rheumatology and Integrative Pain Management, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ²Medical Research, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ³Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO, ⁴Integrative Pain Management and Developmental and Behavioral, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
Background/Purpose: We examined the functional, psychological, and pain-related outcomes among children with chronic pain completing an intensive interdisciplinary pediatric pain rehabilitation program. We hypothesized that…
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: 1881 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patients Who Fail Biologics Are More Likely to Have Concomitant Fibromyalgia
Robert S. Katz¹ and Jessica L. Polyak², ¹Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: One area not assessed by studies to evaluate the efficacy of new medications in patients with inflammatory arthritis is whether the patient may have…
Abstract Number: 2338 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cost-Effectiveness and Yield of Different Recruitment Strategies Utilized in an Exercise Trial of Fibromyalgia Patients
Anna Schmid¹, William F. Harvey¹, Lori Lyn Price² and Chenchen Wang¹, ¹Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose In a large-scale clinical trial with a long-term outcome, it is essential to use recruitment strategies that are both cost-effective and likely to yield…
Abstract Number: 1384 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia and Its Effect on Treatment Response in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Josefina Durán Santa Cruz¹, Bernard Combe², Jingbo Niu¹, Nathalie Rincheval³, Cécile Gaujoux-Viala⁴ and David T. Felson⁵, ¹Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ²Immuno-Rhumatologie, Hôpital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France, ³Institut Universitaire de Recherche Clinique, Montpellier, France, ⁴EA 2415, Montpellier I University, Nîmes University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Nîmes, France, ⁵Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) occurs commonly in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its effect on treatment response is unknown. In this study we aimed to…
Abstract Number: 2083 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaporative Dry-Eye Disease and Aqueous Deficient Dry-Eye Disease Associated with Fibromyalgia
William Pachas¹, Jack Greiner^2,3,4,5 and Paula Oliver^2,3,4,6, ¹Center for Rheumatology, Osteoporosis and Fibromyalgia, Boston, MA, ²The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, MA, ³Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, ⁴Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁵The Boston Ocular Surface Center, Boston, ME, ⁶The Boston Ocular Surface Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose Fibromyalgia (FM) patients with ocular discomfort often describe symptoms characteristic of dry eye diseases, but frequently do not fulfill criteria diagnostic of Sjögrens syndrome.…
Abstract Number: 1337 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mindfulness Is Associated with Symptom Severity and Pain Impact in Patients with Fibromyalgia
Emily Wolcott¹, William F. Harvey², Lori Lyn Price³, Jeffrey B. Driban², Nani Morgan⁴, Lucas Morgan¹ and Chenchen Wang², ¹Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁴Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Background/Purpose: Mindfulness is attention to and awareness of present experiences (e.g. physical sensations, emotions, thoughts) in a nonjudgmental way. Initial evidence suggests that increased mindfulness…
Abstract Number: 2077 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A New Tender Point on the Plantar Arch in Primary Juvenile Fibromyalgia: A Potential Point to be Considered
Walter J. Spindler¹, Cecilia Santarelli², Alberto J. Spindler², Alberto Berman², Horacio Berman² and Mirta Santana², ¹Tucuman, Centro Medico Privado de Reumatologia, Tucuman, Argentina, ²Centro Medico Privado de Reumatologia, Tucuman, Argentina
Background/Purpose Juvenile Primary Fibromyalgia Syndrome (JPFS) is a chronic and complex musculoskeletal disorder that may cause diffuse pain accompanied by defined tender points. Diagnostic dilemmas…
Abstract Number: 1117 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fibromyalgia Patients Taking Opioids Have Low Self-Efficacy and High Pain Catastrophizing but No Reduction in Pain or Improvement in Activity
Joseph Adu¹, Cecilia P. Chung¹, Li Alemo Munters^1,2, Leon Darghosian¹, Rebecca Spitz³, Dana Dailey³, Barbara Rakel^3,4, Kathleen Sluka^4,5 and Leslie J. Crofford⁶, ¹Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁵Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶Div of Rheumatology & Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic disease of unknown etiology characterized by diffuse pain leading to fatigue, unrefreshing sleep and mood disturbances. The Fibromyalgia Activity…

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