Abstracts tagged "non-pharmacologic intervention and osteoarthritis"

Abstract Number: 300 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Mindfulness Predicts Treatment Response from Non-Pharmacological Therapy in Knee Osteoarthritis
Augustine Lee¹, Lori Lyn Price², Xingyi Han³, Mei Chung⁴, William F. Harvey¹, Jeffrey Driban⁵, Timothy E. McAlindon⁶ and Chenchen Wang¹, ¹Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ²Clinical Care Research, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ³Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, ⁴Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ⁵Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Mindfulness is the ability to maintain a heightened awareness of one's moment-to-moment experiences without judging or reacting. Recent evidence suggests that mindfulness may improve…