Abstract Number: 0404 • ACR Convergence 2023
Persistent Pain and Its Predictors After Start of Anti-TNF Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis – Is Line of Treatment Linked to Different Pain Patterns?
Background/Purpose: Persisting pain with or without inflammation control is a common and debilitating symptom in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Concerns have been raised that patients with…Abstract Number: 1828 • ACR Convergence 2023
Positive Screening for Fibromyalgia or Depression on Validated MDHAQ Indices Is Seen in 56-71% of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with High DAS28 or CDAI, 40-47% with Moderate, 2-42% with Low, and 0-21% with DAS28 or CDAI Remission
Background/Purpose: DAS28 (disease activity score 28) and CDAI (clinical disease activity index) are prominent indices to assess patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) quantitatively, for which…Abstract Number: 1221 • ACR Convergence 2022
Multi-Center Validation of Cell-Bound Complement Activation Products and a Multianalyte Assay Panel Distinguishing Systemic Lupus Erythematosus from Primary Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose: A 2016 article in Lupus Science & Medicine (Wallace et al. 2016) described the ability of cell-bound complement activation products (CB-CAPs) on their own--…Abstract Number: 1222 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Fibromyalgia, PTSD and Combat Deployments in Active Duty Military
Background/Purpose: Many combat veterans experience unexplained symptoms with long-term disability including chronic pain, irritability, headaches, fatigue, behavioral health conditions, and memory difficulty. These invisible wounds…Abstract Number: 1224 • ACR Convergence 2022
‘No Route Map’: The Complex Healthcare Journeys of People with Fibromyalgia – a Record Linkage Study in the UK
Background/Purpose: Healthcare services for persons with fibromyalgia (FM) lack co-ordination. Patients describe feeling 'invisible' within healthcare systems and often report poor experiences of care, particularly…Abstract Number: 1225 • ACR Convergence 2022
Sphygmomanometry for Fibromyalgia Detection in a Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic. a Cross-sectional Study
Background/Purpose: Allodynia is a key fibromyalgia (FM) feature. Women suffering from FM display more often sphygmomanometry-elicited allodynia when compared to women with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis…Abstract Number: 1227 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impact of Pain Sensitivity and Expectations on Predicting Response to Acupuncture in Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain condition for which acupuncture treatment is increasingly utilized. However, there is no universally accepted measure to predict…Abstract Number: 1228 • ACR Convergence 2022
Distinctive Alterations in the Functional Anatomy of the Cerebral Cortex in Pain-sensitized Osteoarthritis and Fibromyalgia Patients
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia is a primary pain sensitization disorder showing augmented pain sensitivity with no apparent origin. In contrast, secondary sensitization often occurs in knee osteoarthritis…Abstract Number: 1359 • ACR Convergence 2022
Usability and Acceptability of a Digital Behavioral Therapy for the Management of Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is considered a gold-standard treatment with demonstrated level 1A evidence for management of fibromyalgia (FM). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT),…Abstract Number: 1775 • ACR Convergence 2022
More Than Half of Patients with Osteoarthritis Have Positive Screening for Fibromyalgia And/or Depression, Feasibly Assessed in Routine Care on Indices Within a Single MDHAQ (multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire)
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) patients may have widely divergent scores for pain severity vs X-ray joint damage, indicating that elevated OA pain 0-10 visual numeric scale…Abstract Number: 0263 • ACR Convergence 2022
DAS28 (disease Activity Score) Elevations in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Who Have Comorbid Fibromyalgia Are Explained by Elevated Tender Joint Counts as Much as by Elevated Patient Global Assessment
Background/Purpose: Several reports indicate that patient global assessment (PATGL) may elevate DAS28 (disease activity score 28) and/or other indices in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA),…Abstract Number: 1908 • ACR Convergence 2022
Should Osteoarthritis Patients with Pain Scores More Than 8/10 Be Analyzed Separately or Excluded from Clinical Trial Protocols, as 72% Screen Positive for Fibromyalgia And/or Depression on a Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ)?
Background/Purpose: Most osteoarthritis (OA) clinical trial protocols require a 0-10 pain visual numeric scale (VNS) or other quantitative pain score of 4/10 or more for…Abstract Number: 0697 • ACR Convergence 2022
Are Fibromyalgia and Depression as Common as Any Primary Diagnosis in Routine Rheumatology Care, Albeit as Secondary Diagnoses, but Which May Confound Clinical Assessment?
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) and depression (DEP) are common comorbidities of all reported primary rheumatic diagnoses, easily recognized in many patients, but often underestimated, particularly in…Abstract Number: 1945 • ACR Convergence 2022
Determinants of Patient’s Global Assessment of Disease Severity and Predictors of Disease Course in Juvenile Fibromyalgia
Background/Purpose: Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome (JFS) is a disabling condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue and mood disturbances, which impact significantly on patients' quality of…Abstract Number: 0728 • ACR Convergence 2022
Racial Disparities in Pain: Severity, Interference with Function, and Response to Guided Imagery
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a condition characterized by diffuse, widespread, persistent musculoskeletal pain in multiple regions of the body. While FMS is more prevalent…
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 23
- Next Page »