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  • Abstract Number: 0350 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Piloting an Adaptation of the Making It Work Program for Systemic Sclerosis: Promising Effects on Job Related Self-efficacy and Risk of Work Disability

    Janet Poole1, Kristine Carandang2, Mary Thelander Hill1, Jessica Salazar1, Anna Koch3, Timothy Dionne1 and Diane Lacaille4, 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA, 3Comfy Couch Counseling LLC, Albuquerque, NM, 4Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Although work disability presents a substantial burden for people with systemic sclerosis (SS), there are no tailored programs that aim to support their employment.…
  • Abstract Number: 1954 • ACR Convergence 2024

    Examination of Rehabilitation Referrals from Rheumatology Practices for Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the RISE Registry: A Feasibility and Descriptive Study

    Louise Thoma1, Jing Li2 and Gabriela Schmajuk3, 1University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 3UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA

    Background/Purpose: Adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly report functional limitations, pain, and fatigue that contribute to diminished quality of life and limit participation in valued…
  • Abstract Number: 1274 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Achieving Low Disease Activity State or Remission, Still Demonstrate Significant Hand Disability, as Assessed by Functional Dexterity Test: A Disconnection Between CDAI and Functional Hand Assessment

    Aniela Shouval1, Amihai Levkovitch2, Itzhak Rosner3, shiri keret4, Irina Rokhyan2, Boris Tchalabian2, Esther Hof5 and Gleb Slobodin6, 1Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 2Department of Rehabilitation, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 3Bnai Zion Medical Center/Technion, Haifa, Israel, 4Bnai Zion, Atlit, Israel, 5Occupational Therapy Unit, Bnai zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, 6Rheumatology Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

    Background/Purpose: Direct functionality of the hand is not commonly assessed in daily practice or clinical trials in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Functional dexterity test…
  • Abstract Number: 1655 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Usability Testing of JIActiv, an Instagram-Based Program Promoting Engagement in Physical Activity Among Young People Living with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

    Zeinab Ahmadian Sangkar1, Fatou Bagayogo2, Karina Cristea2, Ciaran Duffy3, Jennifer Stinson4, Karine Toupin April3, Michele Gibbon5, Marianne Boulet1, Élodie Bolduc1, Aymane Alilou6, Sara Ahmed7, Claudine Auger1, Laurie Proulx8, Alexandra Sirois9 and Sabrina Cavallo10, 1University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2CRIR, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 4The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, 5Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario RI, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 6Unviersity of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 7McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 8Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 9CARRA, Outremont, QC, Canada, 10University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose: This study evaluated the usability (user performance and satisfaction) of an Instagram-based educational and interactive program promoting physical activity among young people living with…
  • Abstract Number: PP03 • ACR Convergence 2023

    Lupus with Slime: Improve QOL and Increase ROM in SLE with Slime

    Amanda Greene, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose: In 1983, over forty years ago, I was diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE).  I was immediately prescribed high dose corticosteroids.  My body and…
  • Abstract Number: 0185 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Empowered2work: Development and Delivery of a Multi-faceted Peer-coaching Workshop Focusing on Health Promotion and Ergonomic Issues in the Workplace

    Erika Mosor, Romualdo Ramos and Tanja Stamm, Medical University of Vienna, CeMSIIS - Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Section for Outcomes Research, Wien, Austria

    Background/Purpose: Work and education significantly impact health and quality of life in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs). However, patients often experience internal and…
  • Abstract Number: 0736 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Educational Needs Among Health Professionals in Rheumatology: Low Awareness of EULAR Offerings and Unfamiliarity with Course Content as a Major Barrier – a EULAR Funded European Survey

    Lisa Sperl1, Tanja Stamm2, Margaret Renn Andrews1, Mathilda Bjork3, Carina Boström4, Jeannette Cappon4, Jenny de la Torre5, Annette de Thurah6, Andrea Domján7, Razvan Dragoi8, Fernando Estévez-López9, Ricardo Ferreira10, George E. Fragoulis11, Jolanta Grygielska12, Katti Kõrve13, Marja Leena Kukkurainen14, Christel Madelaine-Bonjour15, Andréa Marques16, Jorit Meesters17, Rikke Moe18, Ellen Moholt19, Erika Mosor2, Claudia Naimer-Stach20, Mwidimi Ndosi21, Polina Pchelnikova22, Jette Primdahl23, Polina Putrik24, Anne-Kathrin Rausch-Osthoff25, Hana Smucrova26, Marco Testa27, Leti van Bodegom28, Wilfred Peter29, Heidi A. Zangi30, Olena Zimba31, Thea Vliet Vlieland32 and Valentin Ritschl1, 1Medical University of Vienna, CeMSIIS - Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Section for Outcomes Research, Vienna, Austria, 2Medical University of Vienna, CeMSIIS - Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Section for Outcomes Research, Wien, Austria, 3Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, 4Department of Neurobiology, care sciences and society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 5Department of Alicante General and University Hospital, Alicante, Spain, 6Department of Rheumatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, 7Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary, 8Department of Balneology, Rehabilitation and Rheumatology, Research Center for the Assessment of Human Motion, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania, 9Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 10Rheumatology department – Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing (UICISA: E), Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 11Joint Rheumatology Programme, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 12Department of Polish Rheuma Federation "REF" - member of EULAR PARE, Warsaw, Poland, 13Center of Rheumatology, East Tallinn Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, 14Department of the Finnish Society of Rheumatology Nurses, Helsinki, Finland, 15Department of Department of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, 16RN at Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitaler e Universitário de Coimbra Professor at Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 17Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 18National Advisory Unit on Rehabilitation in Rheumatology (NKRR) Division of Rheumatology and Research Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 19Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, 20BG/BRG Wolkersdorf, Wolkersdorf, Austria, 21School of Health and Social Welbeing, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, 22Standing Committee of People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE), EULAR, Zürich, Switzerland, 23Department of Regional Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark and Danish Hospital for Rheumatic diseases, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark, 24Department of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, MUMC, CAHPRI, Maastricht, Netherlands, 25Department of Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Institute for Physiotherapy, Winterthur, Switzerland, 26Center of Medical Rehabilitation, Institute of Rheumatology, Praha, Czech Republic, 27Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Genoa, Italy, 28Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Medical Decision Making, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 29Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 30Department of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital and Faculty of Health, VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway, 31Department of Internal Medicine N2, Danylo Halytsky Lviv Neurobiology National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine, 32Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

    Background/Purpose: Health professionals in rheumatology (HPRs) should participate in post-graduate or continuous education to update and advance their knowledge and skills. This can improve patient…
  • Abstract Number: 2189 • ACR Convergence 2022

    Impact of a Fatigue and Energy Management Program for Persons with Systemic Sclerosis (FAME-iSS): A Pilot Study

    Janet Poole1, Deirdre Connolly2, Jessica Salazar3 and Kristine Carandang4, 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 3University of New Mexico, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program, Albuquerque, NM, 4Young Patients' Autoimmune Research & Empowerment Alliance, San Diego, CA

    Background/Purpose: Fatigue is one of the most prevalent and disabling symptom reported by people with systemic sclerosis (SSc). No fatigue-specific programs exist for people with…
  • Abstract Number: 1150 • ACR Convergence 2021

    Use of Energy Conversation Strategies as a Result of the Fatigue Management Education for Individuals with Systemic Sclerosis (FAME-iSS)

    Janet Poole1, Deirdre Connolly2 and Kristine Carandang3, 1University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 2Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland, 3Independent, San Diego, CA

    Background/Purpose: Fatigue remains an understudied symptom of systemic sclerosis (SSc). For other diagnoses, increasing the use of energy conservation strategies, especially pacing. has been associated…
  • Abstract Number: 2081 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting

    The Health-promoting Potential of Everyday Activities: Preliminary Results from an Exploratory Study of Adults with and Without Inflammatory Arthritis

    Flora To-Miles1, Sue Forwell 1, Eli Puterman 1 and Catherine L. Backman 1, 1University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Inflammatory arthritis (IA) can disrupt a person’s valued life activities but little is known about the potential health benefits of activities other than physical…
  • Abstract Number: 2715 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    The Effect of an Intensive Controlled 6-Moth Physical-Occupational Therapy Program with Subsequent 6-Month Follow-up Period in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis – Preliminary Data

    Maja Spiritovic1,2, Hana Smucrova2, Sabina Oreska2,3, Hana Storkanova2,3, Barbora Hermankova1,2, Petr Cesak4, Adela Rathouska2, Olga Ruzickova2,5, Karel Pavelka2,3, Ladislav Šenolt2,3, Jiri Vencovsky2,6, Radim Becvar2,3 and Michal Tomcik2,3, 1Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, 2Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, 3Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, 4Body Composition Laboratory, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, 5Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, 6Department Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

    Background/Purpose: Involvement of the skin and musculoskeletal system is associated with impaired quality of life in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Data on efficacy of…
  • Abstract Number: 2321 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Current Practices and New Directions in Occupational and Physical Therapy for Children with Rheumatic Diseases in the Biologic Era

    Jill R. Blitz1 and Talitha Cox2, 1Rehabilitation Services, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2MS 56, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

    Background/Purpose: The development of targeted biologic therapy for rheumatic diseases, has led to improved patient outcomes and a change in the role of physical (PT)…
  • Abstract Number: 1855 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Feasibility and Preliminary Effects of a Novel Rehabilitation Strategy to Improve Hand and Arm Function in Systemic Sclerosis

    Susan L. Murphy1, Mary Barber2, Kristen Homer3, Carole Dodge2 and Dinesh Khanna4, 1Phyiscal Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 4University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Background/Purpose: Individuals with systemic sclerosis (SSc) suffer from limited arm and hand function due to skin thickening and contractures. Evidence-based medical rehabilitation strategies for these…
  • Abstract Number: 60 • 2017 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium

    Paediatric Arthritis Rehabilitation Exercise Study

    Claire LeBlanc1,2, Sophie Laniel3, Michele Geoffrion4, Alexandra Sirois5, Sofia Nene6, Sophie Cloutier7, Yun Gao8, Karine Toupin-April9, Sarah Campillo10, Gaëlle Chédeville11 and Rosie Scuccimarri12, 1Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3rehabilitaion medicine, co-PI, Montreal, QC, Canada, 4rehabilitation, co-PI, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Kinesiology, Student, Montreal, QC, Canada, 6medicine, research student, Montreal, QC, Canada, 7pediatrics, research student, Montreal, QC, Canada, 8research student, Montreal, QC, Canada, 9Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 10Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, 11Rheumatology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 12Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Montreal Children's Hospital/McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

    JIA patients often require regular exercises to increase joint range of motion (ROM). Adherence is challenging; instruction by a physiotherapist (PT) / occupational therapist (OT)…
  • Abstract Number: 1868 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Rates and Predictors of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Utilization in Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study

    Karima Becetti1, Jessica K. Gordon1, Joseph Nguyen2, Carol Mancuso3, Linda Kwakkenbos4,5, Marie-Eve Carrier5, Brett D. Thombs4,5, Robert F. Spiera1 and SPIN Investigators, 1Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 3Medicine, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 4McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 5Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Background/Purpose:  Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by significant disability due to musculoskeletal involvement. Physical and occupational therapy (PT/OT) have been suggested to improve hand function,…
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