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Abstracts tagged "Muscle Function"

  • Abstract Number: 1233 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Ultrasound Is Reliable in the Assessment of Muscle Echogenicity in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Results of a Multicenter International Web-based Study

    Andrea Di Matteo1, Erica Moscioni2, Maria Giovanna Lommano1, Edoardo Cipolletta1, Gianluca Smerilli1, Sonia Farah1, Carla Airoldi3, Sibel Aydin4, Becciolini Andrea5, Karina Bonfiglioli6, Marina Carotti7, Greta Carrara8, Tomas Cazenave9, Davide Corradini10, Micaela Ana Cosatti11, Juan Josè de Agustin12, Giulia Maria Destro Castaniti13, Marco Di Carlo1, Eleonora Di Donato5, Luca Di geso14, Ashley Elliott15, Daniela Fodor16, Francesca Francioso1, Alessandra Gabba17, Cristina Hernández-Díaz18, Rudolf Horvath19, Jana Hurnakova19, Diogo Jesus20, Josefina Marin21, Maria Victoria Martire22, Riccardo Mashadi-Mirza23, Marco Massarotti24, Alice Andreea Musca25, Jagdish Nair26, Tadashi Okano27, Ioannis Papalopoulos28, Javier Eduardo Rosa21, Marcos Rosemffet29, João Rovisco30, Davide Rozza8, Fausto Salaffi1, Crescenzio Scioscia31, Carlo Alberto Scirè8, Maria-Magdalena Tamas32, Shun Tanimura33, Lucio Ventura-Rios18, Catalina Villota-Eraso34, Orlando Villota35, Paraksevi V Voulgari36, Florentin Ananu Vreju37, Gentiana Vukatana37, Johana Zacariaz Hereter21, Anna Zanetti8, Walter Grassi1 and Emilio Filippucci1, 1Polytechnic University of Marche, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, "Carlo Urbani" Hospital, Jesi, Italy, 2Polytechnic University of Marche, Jesi, Italy, 3Hospital Provincial, Rosario, Argentina, 4University of Ottawa, Rheumatology, Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 5Department of Medicine, Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy, 6Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 7Department of Radiology, Ospedali Riuniti, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, 8Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society of Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, 9Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10Rheumatology Unit, University Clinic AOU Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, 11CEMIC, Centro de educación médica e investigaciones médicas "Norberto Quirno", Buenos Aires, Argentina, 12Vall D'hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, 13Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Rheumatology section, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 14Ospedale Madonna del Soccorso, Department of Internal Medicine, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy, 15Centre for Experimental Medicine, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, 162nd Internal Medicine Department, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 17Local Health Unit (ASL), Oristano, Italy, 18Division de Reumatologia. Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Ciudad de México, Mexico, 19Department of Paediatric and Adult Rheumatology, University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic, 20Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leira, Portugal, 21Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22San Roque Hospital, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23Radiology Department, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti Marche Nord, Pesaro, Italy, 24Department of Rheumatology, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, United Kingdom, 25Department of Rheumatology - Colentina Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, 26Rheumatology, Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 27Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, 28Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University Hospital of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece, 29Rheumatology Unit, Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Capital Federal, Argentina, 30Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 31Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantations-Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, 32Department of Rheumatology, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 33Rheumatology Department, Hokkaido Medical Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Sapporo, Japan, 34IPS Servicio integral de reumatología e inmunología Dr Orlando Villota, Pasto, Colombia, 35Division of Rheumatology, Fundación Hospital San Pedro, Pasto, Colombia, 36Department of Rheumatology, School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece, 37Rheumatology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania, 37Rheumatology Unit; IRCCS Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi, Bologna, Italy

    Background/Purpose: Studies have showed that an increased ultrasound (US) muscle echogenicity indicating fatty replacement/fibrosis of muscle tissue may represent an early indicator of muscle involvement associated…
  • Abstract Number: 1886 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Statin-induced Immune-mediated Miopathy: Treatment with Glucocorticoid-free Protocols and Role of Muscle Biopsy in the Follow-up

    David Martínez-López1, Piotr Szczęsny2, Inger Nennesmo3, Karina Gheorghe4, Antonella Notarnicola5, Helene Alexanderson6, Ingrid Lundberg7 and Maryam Dastmalchi8, 1Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, 2Department of Rheumatology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland. Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, 3Department of Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital,Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital., Stockholm, Sweden, 4Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet. Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm, Sweden. Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 5Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 6Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 7Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 8Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: Statin-induced immune mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is a recently identified autoimmune condition associated with anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGCR) antibodies, characterized by progressive muscle weakness leading…
  • Abstract Number: 0220 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Relation of Knee Extensor Power to Worsening Cartilage Damage in the Knee: The MOST Study

    Joshua Stefanik1, David Felson2, Cara Lewis3, Gabriela Rabasa2, Ali Guermazi2, Frank Roemer4, Michael Nevitt5, Cora Lewis6 and Neil Segal7, 1Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2Boston University, Boston, MA, 3Boston University, Brookline, MA, 4Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany, 5University of California San Francisco, Orinda, CA, 6University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 7University of Kansas Medical Center, Iowa City, IA

    Background/Purpose: The relation between knee extensor muscle weakness and osteoarthritis (OA) outcomes has been well-studied. Muscle power, another measure of knee extensor function, however, has…
  • Abstract Number: 0710 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Patients with Recent Onset, Active Polymyositis (PM), Dermatomyositis (DM) and Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS) Have Reduced Muscle Endurance but Not Reduced Muscle Strength Compared to Patients with Established, Low-active Disease

    Kristofer Andreasson1 and Helene Alexanderson2, 1Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: To analyze for differences in quadriceps maximal isometric voluntary contraction (MVIC), muscle endurance (ME), muscle mass and fat mass (m. vastus lateralis, mid-thigh) in…
  • Abstract Number: 1243 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Self-reported Fatigue in Patients with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Is Associated with an Objective Decline in Physical Performance and Symptoms of Pain and Depression

    Roeland Prak1, Suzanne Arends2, Greetje van Zuiden1, Frans Kroese1, Hendrika Bootsma1 and Inge Zijdewind1, 1University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, 2University Medical Centre Groningen and Medical centre Leeuwarden, Groningen, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a major complaint in autoimmune diseases including primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS). For many pSS patients, fatigue is their most dominant and disabling…
  • Abstract Number: 1457 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Two Minute Walking Distance and Other Timed Function Tests Are Superior to MMT-8 in Assessing Outcomes in Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis

    Sai kumar Dunga1, Chengappa G Kavadichanda2 and VS Negi2, 1Jawaharlal institute of postgraduate medical education and research, puducherry, India, 2Jawaharlal institute of postgraduate medical education and research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India

    Background/Purpose: Inflammatory myositis are heterogenous group of diseases affecting skeletal muscles and multiple different organs. Assessing improvement in disease activity is done by Manual muscle…
  • Abstract Number: 1537 • ACR Convergence 2020

    Usefulness of Ultrasound Assessment of Sarcopenia in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Takeshi Yoshida1 and Yoshitaka Kumon1, 1Chikamori Hospital, Kochi, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and function, is associated with numerous risk factors, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although standard diagnostic tool for…
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