Abstracts tagged "muscle strength and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 1512 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Bone Structural Deficits in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Impact of Muscle Mass and Density
Joshua Baker¹, Jin Long², Babette S. Zemel³, Janet E. Dinnella⁴, Prerna Sharma⁵, Said Ibrahim⁶ and Mary B. Leonard⁷, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ³Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁴Arthritis/Immun Center, U Penn & VA Med Ctr, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with muscle loss, obesity, and osteoporotic fractures. Body composition and muscle quality are important regulators of bone strength among…
Abstract Number: 2053 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adjustment of Skeletal Muscle Mass Estimates for the Extent of Adiposity Strengthens Relationships with Functional Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Joshua Baker¹, Jon Giles², Mary Leonard³, David Weber⁴, Jin Long⁵, Erik Jorgenson⁶ and Patricia P. Katz⁷, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Rheumatology, Columbia University Medical Center, NY, NY, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Rochester University, Rochester, NY, ⁵Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Rheumatology, UCSF, SF, CA
Background/Purpose: Skeletal muscle loss in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been described in association with poor physical functioning. Greater adiposity is simultaneously associated with both greater…