Abstracts tagged "functional status and giant cell arteritis"

Abstract Number: 2395 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Body Composition, Strength, and Function in Elderly Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Rebecca L. Manno¹, Allan C. Gelber², Philip Seo³, Stuart M. Levine⁴, Sharon R. Ghazarian⁵, Po-Han Chen⁶, Kerry J. Stewart⁷, Jeffrey Metter⁸, Luigi Ferrucci⁸ and Kevin R. Fontaine⁹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine/ Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatology Division, Johns Hopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁵Bayview Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Data Management (BEAD) Core, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Bayview Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Data Management (BEAD) Core, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Clinical and Research Exercise Physiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁸National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, ⁹Health Behavior, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose : Loss of muscle and strength typically occur with advanced age. Chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, have reported similar deficits. Giant cell…

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