Abstracts tagged "Imaging"

Abstract Number: 1517 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Different Imaging Abnormalities Suggestive Of Spondyloarthritis Are Present In Early Axial Spondyloarthritis. Data From The DESIR Cohort
Anna Moltó¹, Simon Paternotte², Désirée van der Heijde³, Pascal Claudepierre⁴, Martin Rudwaleit⁵ and Maxime Dougados⁶, ¹Cochin Hospital, Paris- Descartes University, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology Department, Paris- Descartes University, Cochin hospital, Paris, France, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Rheumatology, Paris-Est University; LIC EA4393; APHP, Henri Mondor Hospital, Creteil, France, ⁵Endokrinologikum, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Université Paris René Descartes and Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Patients can fulfil the ASAS (Assessment of SpondyloArthritiS) sets of criteria with either objective evidence of sacroiliac joint damage (X-Ray) or inflammation (MRI) (“imaging”…
Abstract Number: 1159 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Exercise Suppresses Systemic Inflammation Via Inhibition Of NF-κB Activation In Monocytes
Alisa Blazek¹, Derrick Knapik², Lai-Chu Wu³, Nicholas A. Young³, Wael N. Jarjour⁴ and Sudha Agarwal⁵, ¹Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ³Immunology and Rheumatology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁴Dept of Rheumatology/Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Background/Purpose: Inflammation is integral to joint damage and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis. We reported previously that physiologic levels of exercise are anti-inflammatory and suppress local…
Abstract Number: 1134 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
More Evidence For Breaking The ‘law Of valgus’: Imaging Evidence For Higher Prevalence and Volume Of Bone Marrow Lesions In The Medial Patellofemoral Joint
Charles Ratzlaff¹ and Jeffrey W. Duryea², ¹Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose : We recently developed an efficient semi-automated measure of tibial and femoral BML volume and validated it against the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score…
Abstract Number: 1128 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Validation Of a Rapid, Quantitative Method Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Detected Osteoarthritis-Related Bone Marrow Lesions In The Patellofemoral Joint
Charles Ratzlaff¹ and Jeffrey W. Duryea², ¹Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Dept of Radiology, Brigham & Women, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose : We recently developed an efficient semi-automated measure of tibial and femoral BML volume and validated it against the Whole-Organ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Score…
Abstract Number: 1112 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Examining Phenotypes Of Patients With Psoriasis In The Prepare Study For Similarities Between Diagnosed Psoriatic Arthritis and Those With Signs Of Subclinical Psoriatic Arthritis Detected By Imaging
Philip Mease¹, Javier Coindreau², Lotus Mallbris², Annette Szumski³ and Heather Jones², ¹Division of Rheumatology Research, Swedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, ³Specialty Care, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA
Background/Purpose: Progression of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) has traditionally been evaluated using clinical assessments. However, a strong relationship between clinical and radiological outcomes has been shown,…
Abstract Number: 1086 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Straight Neck in Fibromyalgia
Robert S. Katz¹ and Anthony Farkasch², ¹Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: In patients with fibromyalgia a straight neck is based on calculating the Cobb angle, a standard radiographic measurement, of lateral view radiographs of the…