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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…
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