Abstracts tagged "Musculoskeletal Examination"

Abstract Number: 1035 • ACR Convergence 2023
Diagnostic and Educational Utility of an Ultrasound Protocol for Evaluation of Hand Pain in Systemic Sclerosis
Meridith Balbach, Tracy Frech, Nicholson Chadwick, Kevin Byram and Erin Chew, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: Hand impairment is a prevalent issue among systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients and contributes to disability and diminished quality of life. Managing hand pain can…
Abstract Number: 1164 • ACR Convergence 2023
Can We Differentiate Patients with Dysferlinopathies and Inflammatory Myopathies by Muscle Ultrasound? A Discriminant Analysis Study
Carina Soto-Fajardo¹, Sinthia Solorzano Flores¹, Abish Angeles-Acuña¹, Fabian Carranza Enriquez¹, Rosa-Elena Escobar-Cedillo², Saul Renan-Leon², Karina Arias Callejas³, Alejandra Enriquez-Luna², Graciliano Ramon-Diaz² and Carlos Pineda², ¹Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Mexico City, Mexico, ²Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Mexico, ³Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación "Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra", Mexico City, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Immune-mediated myopathies (IMM) are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by inflammation and muscle weakness; among their differential diagnoses are the dysferlinopathies, which are…
Abstract Number: 1832 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Manifestations in Post-acute COVID 19 Patients and Their Quality of Life at Kenyatta National Hospital
Miriam Kiyiapi, Omondi Oyoo, Peter Oyiro and Frederick Wangai, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Background/Purpose: Since its discovery in Wuhan, China, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV 2) has ravaged the globe on an unprecedented scale. While…
Abstract Number: 1971 • ACR Convergence 2023
Muscle Pathology in Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Jose Cesar Milisenda¹, Iago Pinal-Fernandez², Katherine Pak², Maria Casal-Dominguez³, Yaiza Duque-Jaimez⁴, Gloria Garrabou¹, Sandra Muñoz-Braceras⁵, Mariona Guitart-Manpel¹, Jose Jiram Torres-Ruiz⁵, Ester Tobias⁴, Maria Dolores Cano⁴, Iban Aldecoa⁴, Josep Maria Grau¹ and Andrew Mammen³, ¹Muscle Research Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, ²National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Muscle Disease Unit, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic autoimmune liver disease that primarily affects middle-aged women. It is characterized by elevated serum alkaline phosphatase levels,…
Abstract Number: 2071 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Consensus Based Shoulder Examination for Rheumatology Training
Huseyin Berk Degirmenci¹, Robert Kalish², Ratnesh Chopra³, Kat Gilek-Seibert⁴, Fotios Koumpouras⁵, Vasileios Kyttaris⁶, Santhanam Lakshminarayanan⁷, Bonita Libman⁸, Stephanie Mathew⁹, Kenneth O'Rourke¹⁰, Anthony Reginato¹¹ and Eugene Kissin¹², ¹St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³UMass Chan Medical School, Shrewsbury, MA, ⁴Roger Williams Medical Center, Sharon, MA, ⁵Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁶BIDMC, Boston, MA, ⁷University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, ⁸The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, VT, ⁹Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, ¹⁰Maine Medical Center, Falmouth, ME, ¹¹The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, ¹²Boston University, Newton, MA
Background/Purpose: Physical examination of a patient with nonspecific shoulder pain is a non-standardized teaching objective among rheumatology fellowship programs. We used the Delphi methodology to…
Abstract Number: 2074 • ACR Convergence 2023
Creation and Dissemination of a Near-Peer Rheumatology Fellowship Bootcamp
Sarah Donohue, Tiffany Lin and Justin Levinson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Background/Purpose: Transitions in medical education, such as the matriculation from residency to fellowship, can be a challenging experience with increased knowledge expectations in new clinical…
Abstract Number: 2079 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparative Analysis of Teledidactic and On-Campus Training in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound – the TELMUS Study
Ricarda Neubauer¹, Florian Recker², Claus Juergen Bauer³, Simon Petzinna¹, Pantelis Karakostas³, Charlotte Behning⁴ and Valentin Sebastian Schäfer³, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) plays a vital role as a diagnostic imaging modality in rheumatology, while also serving as an effective teaching tool to enhance…
Abstract Number: 0167 • ACR Convergence 2023
Healthcare Resource Utilization Associated with Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia: Review of Patient Histories Prior to Entry in Clinical Trial UX023T-CL201
Suzanne Jan de Beur¹, Thomas Carpenter², Kathryn Dahir³, Erik Imel⁴, María Belén Zanchetta⁵, Angela Williams⁶, Zhiyi Li⁷, Matthew Sharp⁶ and Ben Johnson⁶, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ³Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ⁵Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Kyowa Kirin International, Marlow, United Kingdom, ⁷Kyowa Kirin North America, Bedminster, NJ
Background/Purpose: Tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO) is an ultra-rare paraneoplastic disorder, characterized by renal phosphate wasting due to increased production of fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). Chronic…
Abstract Number: 0189 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics Associated with a Positive PEST Screening Among Patients with Psoriasis Without a Diagnosis of Psoriatic Arthritis: Results from the Global Psoriasis and Beyond Study
Alexis Ogdie¹, April Armstrong², Barbra Bohannan³, Sicily Mburu⁴, Laura Coates⁵, Elena Kornyeyeva⁶, Susan Frade⁶, Silvia Fernandez Barrio⁷ and Matthias Augustin⁸, ¹Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Keck School of Medicine of USC, Dermatology, Los Angeles, CA, ³Psoriasisförbundet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴IFPA, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Oxford, England, United Kingdom, ⁶Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Asociación Para El Enfermo De Psoriasis, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a common clinical feature in patients (pts) with psoriasis (PsO); up to one third of PsO pts will develop PsA…
Abstract Number: 0214 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Structured Curriculum Development Significantly Increased the Pediatric Residents’ Competency and Confidence During a 4-week Pediatric Rheumatology Rotation
Maynart Sukharomana and Sirirat Charuvanij, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty Of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Background/Purpose: Due to the scarcity of pediatric rheumatologists in Thailand, general pediatricians are mostly the first to encounter patients with musculoskeletal (MSK) complaints. The objectives…
Abstract Number: 0215 • ACR Convergence 2022
Online Teaching of Hand Examination Using Student-recorded Videos and Remotely Delivered Feedback: A Pilot Study
Mostafa Ahmad¹, Frances Parry² and Simon Maxwell², ¹Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, ²MSc Internal Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Enhancing physical examination skills improves the identification of clinical findings, decision-making and overall management. Feedback is a crucial factor in achieving effective learning but…
Abstract Number: 0265 • ACR Convergence 2022
In Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Clinical Examination of the Feet Is Important for Understanding Individual Disease Burden, but Does Not Provoke a Change in Therapy in Most Cases
Nicolai Leuchten, Christoph Weinert and Martin Aringer, University Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Background/Purpose: Disease activity scores like CDAI, SDAI, or DAS28, are essential for measuring rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity. These scores do not contain foot joints.…
Abstract Number: 1296 • ACR Convergence 2022
Impacting Demand Through Supply: An Evaluation of the Types of Pediatric Rheumatology Referrals at a Single Institution
Emma Leisinger¹, Carter Worth², Linder Wendt³ and Katherine Schultz⁴, ¹University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ³University of Iowa Institute for Clinical and Translational Science, Iowa City, IA, ⁴University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA
Background/Purpose: The worsening Pediatric Rheumatology Workforce Shortage necessitates improving referral accuracy. Chief complaints of joint pain (arthralgia) are ideal to target as arthralgia alone does…
Abstract Number: 1350 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Prospective Study on Pain Associated with Injection of Needles: PAIN Study
Chay Bae¹, Eugenia Chen¹ and Maida Wong², ¹Rheumatology, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA, ²Rheumatology, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA
Background/Purpose: Joint pain is a common issue amongst patients. In the appropriate clinical setting, joint injections or aspirations may benefit the patient. Pain, however, is…
Abstract Number: 1511 • ACR Convergence 2022
Is There a Correlation Between Skin and Musculoskeletal Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis
Dafna Gladman¹, Ghaydaa Aldabie², Fangya Ma³, Mitchell Sutton⁴, Ker-Ai Lee³ and Richard Cook³, ¹Toronto Western Hospital, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, ⁴Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: The majority of patients with PsA present with skin manifestations first. Several studies have examined the relationship between activity/severity of skin and joint manifestations,…

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