Abstracts tagged "obesity and pain"

Abstract Number: 3248 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Which Factors Explain Multi-Site Pain Caused By Obesity: A 5-Year Follow-up Study in Older Adults?
Feng Pan¹, Laura Laslett², Russell Thomson², Tania Winzenberg³, Flavia Cicuttini⁴, Changhai Ding⁵ and Graeme Jones⁵, ¹Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ²Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, ³Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart,7000, Australia, ⁴Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Musculoskeletal Unit, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Background/Purpose: Joint pain is common in older adults; typically multiple joints are involved. Obesity is an important risk factor in pathogenesis of multi-site joint pain…
Abstract Number: 1100 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Relationship Between Body Mass Index, Fat Mass and Muscle Mass Withmusculoskeletal Pain In Community Residents
Young-Il Seo¹, Hyun Ah Kim², Nam H. Cho³ and Jong Jin Yoo⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym university sacred heart hospital, Kyunggi, South Korea, ²Department of internal medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Kyunggi, South Korea, ³Department of preventive medicine, Ajou University School of medicine, Suwon, South Korea, ⁴Internal Medicine, Armed Forces Capital Hospital Seongnam Republic of Korea, Seongnam si, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The association between parameters related to obesity likefat mass,fat/muscle mass ratio and metabolic syndrome andmusculoskeletal pain has scarcily been assessed. The objective of thepresent…
Abstract Number: 1093 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Obesity Is Not a Risk Factor for Poor Pain and Function Two Years After Total Knee Replacement
Lisa A. Mandl¹, Mark P. Figgie², Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle³, Michael Alexiades³ and Susan M. Goodman¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Orthopedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Orthopaedics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Almost 90% of referring physicians think obesity increases the likelihood of poor outcomes after total knee replacement (TKR). However, current data are conflicting. The…