Abstracts tagged "Muscle Function"

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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