Abstracts tagged "Hand function"

Abstract Number: 1367 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
An Engineered Glove for the Computerised Quantification of Hand Disability in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Massimo Patane' ¹, Luca Carmisciano ², Emanuele Gotelli ³, Veronica Tomatis ⁴, Francesco Cattelan ⁵, Elisa Alessandri ⁶, Alessio Signori ², Massimo Ghio ⁷, Vanessa Smith ⁸ and Maurizio Cutolo⁹, ¹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ²Biostatistics Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ³Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy., Genoa, Italy, ⁴Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁵Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Polyclinic Hospital San Martino, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, ⁶Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genova, ⁷Research Laboratory and Academic Division of the Clinical Rheumatology Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital; Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University; Unit for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, VIB Inflammation Research Center (IRC), Ghent, Belgium, ⁹Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy
Background/Purpose: Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term, progressive, and disabling autoimmune disease. The disease activity can be quantified by the Disease Activity Score 28-joint count…
Abstract Number: 1215 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characterizing Changes in the Median Nerve during Hand Grip Using Dynamic Sonographic Imaging
Shawn Roll¹, Ariana Cristino¹ and Jennifer Mitchell², ¹Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Power Imaging Services, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Sonography is used to evaluate inflammation, identify joint changes, and measure morphology; dynamic assessment of tissue movement is an additional benefit. Dynamic sonographic identification…
Abstract Number: 1363 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progression of Pain, Stiffness, Function Changes, and Ultrasound Detected Synovitis and Osteophyte Formation in Patients with Hand Osteoarthritis over Three Years
Olga Sleglova¹, Olga Ruzickova², Karel Pavelka¹ and Ladislav Šenolt¹, ¹Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is a common and frequent cause of pain. HOA is a heterogeneous group of disorders with two main subsets including non-erosive…
Abstract Number: 739 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
How Effective Is the Home Exercise Program for Hands in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis: Preliminary Results from a Randomized Controlled, Single-Blind, Clinical Trial
Neslihan Gokcen¹, Suade Ozlem Badak², Tunay Sarpel³, Yasar Sertdemir⁴ and Eren Erken², ¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Division of Rheumatology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, ²Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, ³Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, ⁴Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) represents a heterogeneous autoimmune disease characterized by fibrosis of skin and internal organs. In particular, thickening of the skin, puffy hands,…
Abstract Number: 981 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness of a Six-Week Hand Osteoarthritis Program in a Primary Care Setting
Nina Brodin^1,2, Linda Bjurehed³ and Mathilda Björk^4,5, ¹Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Physiotherapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden, ²Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Physiotherapy, Dandeyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Activity and Health, Linköping, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, ⁵Department of Rheumatology and Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Hand Osteoarthritis (hand OA) is highly prevalent among women and men aged 55 and older. It often causes pain, reduced range of motion and…
Abstract Number: 2905 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of Poor Hand Function in Systemic Sclerosis
Ashraf Raslan¹ and Vivien Hsu², ¹Medicine, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School, Jersey City, NJ, ²Rheumatology, RWJ Med Schl Scleroderma Prog, New Brunswick, NJ
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is a progressive systemic disease that can lead to variable degrees of morbidity and disability. Hand dysfunction in SSc patients [1]…
Abstract Number: 2922 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Disability, Fatigue, and Their Associates in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Ariane L. Herrick¹, Sébastien Peytrignet², Xiaoyan Pan³, Roger Hesselstrand⁴, Luc Mouthon⁵, László Czirják⁶, Madelon C. Vonk⁷, Oliver Distler⁸, Joerg H.W Distler⁹, Edith Brown³, Kim Fligelstone³, Rachel Ochiel¹⁰, William Gregory¹¹, Alan Silman¹², Mark Lunt¹³ and Christopher Denton¹⁴, ¹Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Manchester, MAHSC, Salford Royal Hospital, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Centre for Musculoskeletal Research, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁵Internal Medicine, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁶Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Pécs, Faculty of Medicine, Pécs, Hungary, ⁷Department of the Rheumatic Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ⁹Department of Internal Medicine 3, Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany, ¹⁰Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ¹¹Rehabilitation Services, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, ¹²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ¹³Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹⁴Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free Hospital, London, Great Britain
Background/Purpose: ESOS (European Scleroderma Observational Study) was a prospective observational study of 326 patients with early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) from 50 centres. Here…
Abstract Number: 161 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Rheumatoid Hand: Hand Disability and Disease Activity Correlation
Dilek Keskin¹, Hatice Bodur², Akinci Tan³ and Levent Oczakar⁴, ¹PMR, Numune Training and Research Hospiatl, Ankara, Turkey, ²PMR, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ³Physical Med & Rehab, Hacettepe Univ, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Hacettepe University Medical School, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: To determine hand disability and articular damage in patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to define their relation with musculoskeletal ultrasonography (US) findings, clinical…
Abstract Number: 953 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effectiveness of a Progressive Resistence Strength Programme on Hand Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Crontrolled Trial
Michele V. Nery¹, Anamaria Martinez², Fabio Jennings³, Marcelo Souza² and Jamil Natour², ¹Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ²Rheumatology Division, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, ³Disciplina de reumatologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) is highly prevalent, affecting 55-70% of the population over 55 years with an age-related progressive increase. The OA of interphalangeal (IF)…
Abstract Number: 1497 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Panlar Consensus on Hand, Hip and Knee OA
Oscar Luis Rillo¹, Humberto Riera², Rolando Espinosa-Morales³, Carlota Acosta⁴, Veronica Liendo⁵, Joyce Bolaños⁶, Ligia Monterola⁷, Edgar Nieto⁸, Luisa M. Franco⁹, Rodolfo Arape¹⁰, Ana Antunez¹¹, Silvia Beatriz Papasidero¹², Mariflor Vera¹³, Jorge Esquivel¹⁴, Renee Souto¹⁵, Jose F. Molina¹⁶, César Rossi¹⁷, Francisco Ballesteros¹⁸, José Salas¹⁹, Francisco Radrigan²⁰, Marlene Guibert-Toledano²¹, Gil Reyes Llerena²², Lorena Urioste²³, Walter Camacho²⁴, Abraham García²⁵, Isa Iraheta²⁶, Carmen E Gutierrez²⁷, Raúl Aragón²⁸, Margarita Duarte²⁹, Oswaldo Castañeda³⁰, Juan Angulo Solimano³¹, Ibsen Coimbra³², Roberto Munoz Louis³³, Carlos Vallejo³⁴, Ricardo Saenz³⁵, Francisco Giron³⁶, Anibal De León³⁷, Ramon Perez Acuna³⁸, Anthony M. Reginato³⁹ and Maritza Quintero², ¹Hospital General de Agudos “Dr. Ignacio Pirovano”, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Unidad de Reumatología, Instituto Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Los Andes, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, ³Mexican Board of Rheumatology, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁴Ciudad Bolivar, Hospital Universitario "Ruiz y Páez, Bolivar, Venezuela, ⁵Clínica Roosevelt, Caracas, Venezuela, ⁶Hospital Perez Carreño, Caracas, Venezuela, ⁷Clínica Colinas, Anzoátegui, Venezuela, ⁸Traumatology, Instituto Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Los Andes, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, ⁹Instituto Docente de Urología, Carabobo, Venezuela, ¹⁰Centro Clínico La Isabelica, Carabobo, Venezuela, ¹¹Hospital Central Dr. URQUINAONA, Maracaibo, Venezuela, ¹²Rheumatology Department, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. E. Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹³Instituto Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Los Andes, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, ¹⁴Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Distrito Federal, Mexico, ¹⁵Catedra de Reumatología de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay, ¹⁶Centro Integral de Reumatologia Reumalab, Medellin, Colombia, ¹⁷Cátedra de Reumatología de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, ¹⁸Departamento de Reumatología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ¹⁹Reumacaribe, Barranquilla, Colombia, ²⁰Departamento de Reumatología, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, ²¹Rheumatology, Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas, Habana, Ciudad Habana, Cuba, ²²Servicio Nacional de Reumatología, Centro de Investigaciones Médico Quirúrgicas (CIMEQ), La Habana, Cuba, ²³Hospital Alfonzo Gumucio-Techo Académico Universidad Católica, San Pablo, Bolivia, ²⁴Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Obrero N° 3 de la Caja Nacional de Salud, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, ²⁵Postgrado de Reumatología, Universidad Francisco Marroquí, Guatemala, Guatemala, ²⁶Rheumatology, Guatemalan Association against Rheumatic Diseases (AGAR), Guatemala City, Guatemala, ²⁷Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social, San Miguel, El Salvador, ²⁸FACULTAD DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDAD DE EL SALVADOR., San Salvador, El Salvador, ²⁹Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital de Clínicas de Asunción, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay, ³⁰Clínica Angloamericana, Lima, Peru, ³¹Rheumatology, Universidad Nacional Mayor San Marcos, Lima, Peru, ³²Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil, ³³Reumatologia, Clinica Abreu - Hospital Docente Padre Billini, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, ³⁴FACULTAD DE MEDICINA. PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL ECUADOR., Quito, Ecuador, ³⁵Hospital Dr. Rafael A. Calderón Guardia, San José, Costa Rica, ³⁶IHSS Tegucigalpa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ³⁷Hospital Santo Tomás, Panama, Panama, ³⁸Zona franca ultrpark 6A, Zona franca ultrpark 6A, La Aurora de Heredia, Costa Rica, ³⁹Rheumatology, Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI
Background/Purpose: The purpose of this Consensus is to update the PANLAR recommendations for hand, hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) based on a combination of the…
Abstract Number: 2545 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Psychometric Testing of the Valued Life Activities Questionnaire in People with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the UK: Rasch Analysis
Yeliz Prior¹, Alan Tennant² and Alison Hammond³, ¹Centre for Health Sciences, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Human Functioning Sciences, ICF Unit, Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland, ³Centre for Health Sport & Rehabilitation Research, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Developed in the USA, the Valued Life Activities Scale (VLAs) measures participation in daily activities. We have linguistically and culturally adopted the VLAs 33…
Abstract Number: 981 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Effect of Compression Gloves in Hand Osteoarthritis: A Pre-Post-Test Trial
Alison Hammond¹, Yeliz Prior², Vivienne Jones³, Mary Dooley⁴, Yvonne Hough⁵ and Angela Jacklin⁶, ¹Centre for Health Sciences Research, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Centre for Health Sciences, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Occupational Therapy, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Occupational Therapy, Southport & Formby District Hospital, Southport, United Kingdom, ⁵Occupational Therapy, St Helens Hospital, St Helens, United Kingdom, ⁶Occupational Therapy, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Compression gloves are used in Hand Osteoarthritis (HOA) to reduce pain (day and/or night), stiffness and improve hand function. A systematic review identified only…
Abstract Number: 2715 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability and Validity of the Duruöz Hand Index in an Argentinian Population with Scleroderma
Vanesa Duarte¹, Gloria Crespo¹, Maritza Manzano¹, María Victoria Martire², Santiago Scarafia¹, Lucila Marino³, Felix Romanini¹, Marta Mamani¹ and Anastasia Secco¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Reumatología, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Rheumathology, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: The Duruöz Hand Index (DIH) is a reliable tool for the evaluation of hand´s function in patients with scleroderma. The aim of our study…
Abstract Number: 2332 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Use of Wrist Hand Orthoses during Hand Function Skills and Functional Tasks By Adults with and without Rheumatoid Arthritis
Janet L. Poole¹, Kelly Nunez² and Patricia Burtner³, ¹Occupational Therapy Program, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, ²Occupational Therapy, Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM, ³Occupational Therapy, University of New Mexico, Greenbank, WA
Background/Purpose : To determine changes in muscle activation in the upper extremity using electromyography (EMG) when static and dynamic orthoses are worn by adults with and…
Abstract Number: 1287 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient Perspective of the Main Health Concerns and Needs of Living with Hand Osteoarthritis
Mariko L. Ishimori¹, Geraldine Racaza¹, Mellissa Withers² and Michael Weisman¹, ¹Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Anthropology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Hand OA (HOA) is associated with substantial pain, joint stiffness, functional impairment and disability, and cosmetic concerns. Data regarding patients’ perspective on living with…

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