Abstracts tagged "functional status"

Abstract Number: 2093 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Comparison Of Performance On The Keital Functional Test By Persons With Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Sclerosis
Janet L. Poole, Amy New and Christina Garcia, Occupational Therapy Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Background/Purpose: Mobility is necessary for participation in all areas of daily life including self-care, work and leisure. In rheumatic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…
Abstract Number: 2099 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Global Postural Reeducation To TREAT Chronic LOW Back PAIN: Randomized, Controlled Trial
Priscila Almeida Lawand¹, Imperio Lombardi Jr², Carla Caires Sardim¹, Luiza H. C. Ribeiro³, Anamaria Jones³ and Jamil Natour⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Division of Health Sciences, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Santos, Brazil, ³Unifesp-EPM, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ⁴Rheumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Low back pain (LBP) is a major cause of physical limitations and absenteeism at work throughout the world. A number of studies have demonstrated…
Abstract Number: 1996 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Racial/Ethnicity Differences In Health-Related Quality Of Life (HRQOL), Functional Ability and Health Care Utilization In Gout Patients
Aseem Bharat¹, Jasvinder A. Singh^2,3, Puja Khanna⁴, Cleopatra Aquino-Beaton⁵, Jay E. Persselin⁶, Erin Duffy⁷, David Elashoff⁸ and Dinesh Khanna⁹, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Rheumatology, Birmingham VA, Birmingham, AL, ³Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Rheumatology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Medicine W-111J Div of Rheum, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Medicine- Statistic Core, UCLA Department of Medicine Statistics Core, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Due to limited/no data for race/ethnicity, our objective was to assess whether HRQOL functional ability and health care utilization in gout patients differs by…
Abstract Number: 1821 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Benefits Of Progressive Muscle Strengthening Using a Swiss Ball In Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Marcelo Souza¹, Fabio Jennings², Hisa Morimoto¹ and Jamil Natour³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Rheumatology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a systemic inflammatory disease that affects the physical capacity of patients globally. Exercises are recommended to the management of patients…
Abstract Number: 897 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterization Of Low Back Symptoms In a Community-Based Sample Of Older Adults: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Adam P. Goode¹, Kelli D. Allen², Timothy S. Carey³ and Joanne M. Jordan⁴, ¹Community and Family Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, ²Health Services Research, Duke and Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³UNC School of Medicine, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: The majority of research in low back pain has focused on the middle-aged segment of the population. As such, there is a gap in…
Abstract Number: 862 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ten-Year Incidence of Self-Reported Nonvertebral Fractures in 9,720 Japanese Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Kensuke Ochi¹, Takefumi Furuya¹, Eisuke Inoue², Katsunori Ikari¹, Atsuo Taniguchi², Hisashi Yamanaka¹ and Shigeki Momohara², ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Ten-Year Incidence of Self-reported Nonvertebral Fractures in 9,720 Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study Background/Purpose: Although rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a…
Abstract Number: 751 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Fatigue, Pain, and Functional Disability Among Patients With Vasculitis
Antoine G. Sreih^1,2, Narender Annapureddy³ and Osama Elsallabi⁴, ¹Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ⁴Medicine, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Vasculitis is a heterogeneous group of diseases often resulting in severe morbidity affecting patients’ quality of life. These morbidities are generally attributed to disease…
Abstract Number: 256 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Classification Of Alignment By Self-Report Versus Radiograph Results In Unexpected and Discrepant Pain and Functional Outcomes
E Megan Erickson¹, Jeffrey B. Driban¹, Lori Lyn Price², Chenchen Wang¹, Timothy E. McAlindon³ and William F. Harvey¹, ¹Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Biostatistics Research Center, Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Malalignment is a potential risk factor for structural progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA), but data conflict as to its association with knee pain. We…
Abstract Number: 102 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association Of Area-Level Socioeconomic Status With Pain and Function At Presentation For Total Knee Arthroplasty
Candace H. Feldman¹, Yan Dong², Jeffrey N. Katz³, Laurel Donnell-Fink⁴ and Elena Losina², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Rheumatology and Orthopedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Prior studies suggest that individuals with lower socioeconomic status (SES) both under-utilize joint replacement procedures and present with increased pain and poorer function. Area-level…
Abstract Number: 2061 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Physician Variation in Documentation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Quality Measures and Evaluation of Relationship with Radiographic Progression
Sonali Desai¹, Jinoos Yazdany², Nancy A. Shadick³, Siri Lillegraven⁴, Chih-Chin Liu⁵, Michelle A. Frits⁶, Tabatha Norton⁷, Jonathan S. Coblyn⁸, Michael Weinblatt⁵ and Daniel H. Solomon⁹, ¹Medicine/ Rheumatology, Boston, MA, ²Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Rheumatology/Immunology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Rheumatology & Immunology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁶Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Documentation of quality measures (QMs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been proposed as a way to demonstrate quality of care, but data linking appropriate…
Abstract Number: 95 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking Is Associated with Worse and More Widespread Pain, Worse Disease Activity, Function, Fatigue and Health Related Quality of Life in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis –Results From a Population Based Cohort
Ann B. I. Bremander¹, Ingemar F. Petersson², Emma Haglund³, Stefan Bergman⁴ and Lennart TH Jacobsson⁵, ¹Department of Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics and Health, Halmstad University School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad, Sweden, ²Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ³Research and Development Centre, Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Halmstad, Sweden, ⁴Spenshult Research and Development Center, Halmstad, Sweden, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Background/Purpose: In subjects with early axial Spondyloarthritis (SpA) smoking has recently been associated with earlier onset of disease, worse lesions of the sacroiliac joints and…
Abstract Number: 1867 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessment of ART Therapy Program for Women with Fibromyalgia: Randomized, Controlled, Blinded Study
Andreia S. Baptista¹, Anamaria Jones¹, Fernanda P. Cardoso¹, Betina C. Schaffir¹, Elisa R. W. Coelho¹, Aline Orlandi¹ and Jamil Natour², ¹Unifesp-EPM, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic non-inflammatory syndrome characterized by diffuse pain throughout the body, sleep disorder, stiffness, fatigue, depression and other psychological problems. Patients…
Abstract Number: 1828 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Smoking Is Associated with Worse and More Widespread Pain, Worse Fatigue, General Health and Quality of Life in a Swedish Population Based Cohort of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis
Ann B. I. Bremander¹, Lennart TH Jacobsson², Stefan Bergman³, Emma Haglund⁴ and Ingemar F. Petersson⁵, ¹Department of Exercise Physiology, Biomechanics and Health, Halmstad University School of Business and Engineering, Halmstad, Sweden, ²Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, ³Spenshult Research and Development Center, Halmstad, Sweden, ⁴Research and Development Centre, Spenshult Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Halmstad, Sweden, ⁵Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Smoking has been found to be associated with an increased risk of developing psoriatic arthritis (PsA). The purpose of this study was analyse possible…
Abstract Number: 1831 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment with Biologic Agents Using the IORRA Cohort Database
Eiichi Tanaka¹, Eisuke Inoue², Daisuke Hoshi³, Akiko Kobayashi², Naoki Sugimoto², Kumi Shidara², Eri Sato³, Yasushi Inoue³, Yohei Seto², Ayako Nakajima⁴, Shigeki Momohara³, Atsuo Taniguchi² and Hisashi Yamanaka³, ¹Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic inflammatory disorder, causes a significant decrease in quality of life. Recently developed biologic agents (BAs) have caused a considerable…
Abstract Number: 1556 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Ginger Therapy On Symptoms of Osteoarthritis: An Open Pilot Study
Tessa Therkleson, Nursing, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful, progressive disease of synovial joints characterised by deterioration of cartilage and bone and inflammation. Osteoarthritis of the knee and…

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