Abstract Number: 2364 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Swimming May Associate with Less Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Background/Purpose: Swimming is a non-weight-bearing exercise often recommended to people with knee OA because it is viewed as being less harmful to the knee despite…Abstract Number: 3058 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Varus Thrust and Incident and Progressive Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Varus thrust, bowing-out of the knee during gait, i.e., appearance (or worsening) of varus during stance improving in late stance or swing, was associated…Abstract Number: 155 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Evaluation of Ultrasonography As Modality for Identification of Calcium Crystal Deposits in Patients of Primary Osteoarthritis of Knee Joint
Background/Purpose: Calcium deposition diseases, the disordered calcification of cartilage and/or periarticular soft tissue, are associated with aging, degenerative joint disease, and genetic and metabolic disorders.…Abstract Number: 321 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effects of Bariatric Surgery on Long-Term Quality of Life Outcomes for Obese Patients with Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) remains a debilitating burden for patients and a challenge to their physicians, as there is no known cure. Obesity has been linked…Abstract Number: 334 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lifetime Risk of Symptomatic Hand Osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 27 million adults in the United States. Symptomatic hand osteoarthritis (SHOA) is a common condition that affects hand strength and function.…Abstract Number: 339 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
More Inflammatory Signs on Ultrasound, Severe Pain and Stiffness Are Associated with Erosive Than Non-Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) causes considerable pain and disability. Radiographic HOA features show only a modest association with symptoms in HOA. Ultrasound is an easy…Abstract Number: 1136 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
IL-1β-Induced Stress Granules Sequester COX-2 mRNA and Regulates Its Expression in Human OA Chondrocytes
Background/Purpose: Stress granules (SGs) are ribonucleoprotein complexes assembled in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells to respond adequately to stress (e.g. heat shock, UV irradiation, oxidative…Abstract Number: 1266 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Rheumatologic Diagnoses, Characteristics and Needs of Somali Patients Referred to a Rheumatology Clinic Serving the Somali Population
Background/Purpose: With the growing immigrant and refugee population in the United States, the landscape of medicine is constantly changing. In order to provide quality healthcare,…Abstract Number: 2169 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Low Education Is Associated with Mortality Among Individuals with Knee and/or Hip OA: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project
Background/Purpose: Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with an increased risk of death as well as knee and/or hip osteoarthritis (OA). SES and mortality has…Abstract Number: 2172 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Distribution of Clinical Osteoarthritis and Associations to Health-Related Quality of Life in a Population-Based Osteoarthritis Cohort
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of musculoskeletal pain and disability, and is commonly reported to impair health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We aimed…Abstract Number: 2405 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Knee Sounds May Predict Osteoarthritis Severity, Symptoms and Function: Pilot Investigation Toward a Novel Dynamic Imaging System
Background/Purpose: Knee sounds (KS) may provide a low-cost, risk-free means of identifying presence and severity of knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Unlike static imaging, KS during dynamic…Abstract Number: 2408 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Quality of Community-Based Osteoarthritis Care Can be Improved. Results from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background/Purpose: The burden of osteoarthritis (OA) is substantial and expected to increase because people are getting older and heavier. Health care providers need to monitor…Abstract Number: 3249 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pooled Efficacy and Safety from Phase 3 Controlled Studies of Tanezumab in Patients with Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Tanezumab (TNZ) significantly reduces pain and improves physical function and Patient's Global Assessment (PGA) in patients with chronic pain. From June 2010 to August…Abstract Number: 1012 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Role of High Glucose Environment on Chondrocyte Activation and Characterization of Diabetic Osteoarthritic Cartilage: Toward Pathophysiological Delineation of Diabetes Mellitus-Related Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Recent epidemiological studies have suggested an association between type 2 diabetes/hyperglycemia and osteoarthritis (OA) but experimental evidences are lacking (1). We aimed i) to…Abstract Number: 980 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Annual Medical Care Expenditures Among US Adults with Osteoarthritis, 2008 – 2011
Background/Purpose: As the US population ages, concerns continue to grow about the cost of medical treatment for osteoarthritis (OA). We estimated all-cause medical care expenditures…