Abstracts tagged "Musculoskeletal"

Abstract Number: 2967 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Musculoskeletal Involvement in SSc Correlates with Poor Short Form 36 and SSc Health Assessment Questionnaire Scores As Well As Lower TNF-Alpha Gene Expression in PBMCs
Eliza Pelrine¹, Marie-Dominique Ah-Kioon¹, Meng Zhang², Franck J. Barrat³, Robert F. Spiera³ and Jessica K. Gordon³, ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by a wide variety of symptoms and disease manifestations including joint pain, gastrointestinal dysfunction, interstitial lung disease, and cardiomyopathy. …
Abstract Number: 3091 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Pregabalin in Adolescent Patients (12-17 years) with Fibromyalgia
Lesley Arnold¹, Lucinda Bateman², Kenneth N. Schikler³, Tahira Khan⁴, Lynne Pauer⁴, Pritha Bhadra Brown⁵, Marci L. Chew⁴, Andrew Clair⁵ and Joseph Scavone⁴, ¹University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, ²Bateman Horne Center, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, ⁴Pfizer Inc, Groton, CT, ⁵Pfizer Inc., New York, NY
Background/Purpose: :Fibromyalgia (FM) is characterized by chronic widespread pain, sleep disturbance, and fatigue. Pregabalin is approved in the US in adults for the management of…
Abstract Number: 1279 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pre-Operative Musculoskeletal Comorbidities Limit Improvement in Functional Outcomes and Hip Pain in Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients
Scott Pascal¹, David Ayers², Wenjun Li², Leslie Harrold³, Jeroan Allison⁴ and Patricia D. Franklin², ¹University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ³Department of Orthopedics and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Pre-Operative Musculoskeletal Comorbidities Limit Improvement In Functional Outcomes And Hip Pain In Total Hip Arthroplasty PatientsBackground/Purpose: Identifying clinical factors predictive of total hip arthroplasty…
Abstract Number: 2817 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Objective Assessment Of Musculoskeletal Physical Examination Skills During Continuing Education Programs For Primary Care Providers Adds Significant Information Not Obtained Through Self-Assessment
Andrea M. Barker¹, Michael J. Battistone², J Peter Beck³, Jorie Butler⁴, Marissa Grotzke⁵, Timothy A. Huhtala⁶, Amy C. Cannella⁷, David I. Daikh⁸, Meika A Fang⁹, Antonio A. Lazzari¹⁰, Pedro Roldan¹¹, Joan Marie Von Feldt¹² and Grant W. Cannon², ¹General Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ²Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Division of Endocrinology, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Division of General Internal Medicine, Salt Lake City VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Divison of Rheumatology, Omaha Veterans Affairs Hospital and University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ⁸Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁹Rheumatology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, ¹⁰Prim Care/Rheumatology, Boston VA Medical Center, Boston, MA, ¹¹Leesburg VA CBOC, Leesburg, FL, ¹²Rheumatology, Univ of Pennsylvania/Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Self-assessment is the most frequently used method in the evaluation of continuing medical education (CME) programs. This multi-institutional project was designed to examine convergent validity…
Abstract Number: 2187 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Inter-Rater Reliability Of Jumping Mechanography In Healthy Children and Adults
Johannes Roth¹, Ciaran M. Duffy², Tania Bennett¹, Marta Erlandson³, Michele Gibbon⁴, Heather Macdonald⁵, Douglas Race⁶, Leanne M. Ward¹ and Lori B. Tucker⁷, ¹University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ⁵The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Muscle function can be affected by many chronic disorders of childhood including Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA). Whereas the term “muscle strength” is often used…
Abstract Number: 1096 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Vitamin D Deficiency a Risk Factor For The Development Of Statin Induced Myalgia, In Patients Treated With Statin?
Ozlem Tasoglu¹, Yesim Kutsal¹, Irfan Tasoglu², Oya Ozdemir³ and Yildiz Erdoganoglu⁴, ¹Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Cardiovascular Surgery, Türkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, ³Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Physiotherapy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency has become pandemic in the industrializing societies. Recently, the role of vitamin D deficiency in the development of statin myopathy has…
Abstract Number: 1043 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Musculoskeletal Hospital Admissions Among Patients Treated For Rheumatoid Arthritis Between 1999 and 2010 Compared With The General Population In The Netherlands
I D Bezemer¹, L M A Houweling¹, E Alemao², F J A Penning-van Beest¹ and M Hochberg³, ¹PHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ³University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Advances in treatment for RA may have resulted in a decrease in musculoskeletal hospital admissions. This study aimed to assess the trends in hospital…
Abstract Number: 973 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Basic Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Curriculum Among Internal Medicine Residents: A Pilot Study
Gaurav Gulati¹ and David George², ¹Division of Immunology, Allergy & Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, ²The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading, PA
Background/Purpose: Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSKUS) is becoming an important component of rheumatology practice. Given increasing appreciation of bedside ultrasound, residency programs are beginning to include ultrasound…
Abstract Number: 699 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Severity Of Muscle Weakness Predicts Disability In Scleroderma
Julie J. Paik¹, Fredrick M. Wigley¹, Amanda Mejia² and Laura K. Hummers¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Publich Health, Baltimore, MD
Title: Severity of muscle weakness predicts disability in scleroderma Background/Purpose: The Health assessment questionnaire disability index (HAQ-DI) is a self-administered questionnaire that is a patient…
Abstract Number: 232 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Can Musculoskeletal Ultrasonography Examination (MSUS) Predict Outcome In Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS)? A Prospective Blinded Study
Mumtaz Khan¹, Karen McCreesh², Aamir Saeed¹, Tomas Ahern³ and Alexander D. Fraser⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Limerick University Hospital, Limerick, Ireland, ²Physiotherapy, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland, ³St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁴Rheumatology, Limerick Univeristy Hospital, Limerick, Ireland
Background/Purpose: Steroid injection and active physiotherapy are the two standard conservative therapies used to treat SIS and the outcome from these two treatments varies depending…

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