Abstract Number: 2604 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cross-Sectional Relationship Between Sarcopenic Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Background/Purpose: Current consensus for defining sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass and strength with aging) and sarcopenic obesity (SO, sarcopenia with obesity) suggests combining measures of…Abstract Number: 2311 • ACR Convergence 2025
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Its Relationship with Disease Activity and Comorbidities
Background/Purpose: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a chronic respiratory disorder characterized by intermittent upper airway collapse during sleep. This mechanism can trigger systemic inflammation…Abstract Number: 2308 • ACR Convergence 2025
Physical Function Mediates Most—but Not All—of the Effect of Disease Activity on Health-Related Quality of Life in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A 10-Year Longitudinal Analysis
Background/Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an overarching outcome in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), and is considered influenced by disease activity and physical function. However,…Abstract Number: 2089 • ACR Convergence 2025
Traction Therapy May Improve Hand Function in Those with Distal Interphalangeal Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis affecting the hand, but therapeutic options for OA at the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint…Abstract Number: 1977 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Westergren Sedimentation Rate: To Be or Not to Be! The Westergren Sedimentation Rate is being “Killed” but has not “Died”.
Background/Purpose: The Westergren Sedimentation Rate (WSR) is a simple, cost-effective laboratory test commonly used by rheumatologists to assess systemic inflammation. This study was initiated to…Abstract Number: 1643 • ACR Convergence 2025
Optimizing Analyses of Chair Stand Test Outcome Data in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study: Exploration of Approaches to Handling Missing and/or Skewed Data with Performance-based Function Measures
Background/Purpose: Maintaining physical function is crucially important in aging. Lower body function is often measured with the chair stand test (CST), also known as the…Abstract Number: 0605 • ACR Convergence 2025
The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Frailty Index (SLICC-FI) Predicts Worsening Self-Efficacy in the Patients from the Almenara Lupus Cohort
Background/Purpose: The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Frailty Index (SLICC-FI) was developed to ascertain frailty in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. The aim of this…Abstract Number: 0325 • ACR Convergence 2025
Knee Symptom Phenotyping Incorporating Pain and Function across Different Levels of WOMAC Function in Two Cohorts: Data from the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST) and the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
Background/Purpose: Knee pain and functional limitations are the most common symptoms of knee OA. Understanding the various patterns of symptoms (i.e., pain and function changes…Abstract Number: 2087 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of MRI-Defined Structure Features at Baseline with Knee Pain and Function Trajectories: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI)
Background/Purpose: Characterizing knee symptom (i.e., pain and function) trajectories and understanding differences among symptom trajectories have the potential to promote the development of customized treatment…Abstract Number: 2152 • ACR Convergence 2024
Factors Associated with Health-related Quality of Life in Adults with SAPHO and Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis – a Cross Sectional Analysis from the SAPHO-CNO Study
Background/Purpose: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is decreased in individuals with chronic rheumatic diseases (CRD) yet remains undefined in adults with SAPHO syndrome and chronic…Abstract Number: 2265 • ACR Convergence 2024
Patient’s Global Assessment of Disease Activity Is the Most Relevant Factor for Near-Miss of Boolean 2.0 Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Post Hoc Analysis from the Observational UPwArds Study
Background/Purpose: Patient’s Global Assessment of disease activity (PtGA) was found to be the most relevant limiting factor for achieving Boolean 1.0 remission in patients with…Abstract Number: 2335 • ACR Convergence 2024
Hand Function and Development of Psoriatic Arthritis in Skin Psoriasis Patients, a Prospective Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Patients with skin psoriasis (Pso) have an increased risk of developing psoriatic arthritis (PsA) (6-42%) compared to the general population (0.02-0.42%) [1]. Early diagnosis…Abstract Number: 2461 • ACR Convergence 2024
Prevalence and Impact of Peripheral Neuropathy in SSc: A Frequent and Disabling Manifestation in SSc, and a Potential Surrogate Marker for Autonomic Neuropathy
Background/Purpose: SSc patients have high disability and low quality of life (QoL), driven partially by poor physical function (PF), Gastro Intestinal (GI) problems, digital ulcers…Abstract Number: 0190 • ACR Convergence 2024
Socioeconomic Disparities in Functional Status by Neighborhood Deprivation in a National Sample of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Background/Purpose: Individuals with SLE can experience significant declines in functional status (FS). The ACR has recently identified physical function as a high-priority domain in SLE…Abstract Number: 0449 • ACR Convergence 2024
Evaluating Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Healthy Female Subjects
Background/Purpose: Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a severe form of premenstrual syndrome, is classified as a psychiatric disorder characterized by moderate to severe physical, affective, or…
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