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Abstracts tagged "osteoarthritis and outcomes"

  • Abstract Number: 434 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Trends in Procedure Type, Patient Characteristics, and Outcomes Among Persons with Knee Osteoarthritis Undergoing Bariatric Surgery, 2005-2014

    Yusi Gong1, Faith Selzer2, Bhushan Deshpande1,3 and Elena Losina1,4,5, 1Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 4Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 5BU School of Public Health, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Bariatric surgery, the most effective treatment for losing weight and maintaining weight loss among morbidly obese persons, has been evolving as a treatment for…
  • Abstract Number: 1932 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Complications Following Total Knee Arthroplasty in Inflammatory Versus Osteoarthritis

    Shawn Richardson1, William Schairer1, Cynthia Kahlenberg2, Thomas P. Sculco3, Peter K. Sculco3, Linda A. Russell4, Susan M. Goodman2 and Mark P. Figgie5, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, new york, NY, 2Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 3Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 4Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 5Surgery, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

    Background/Purpose: TKA is commonly performed in patients with a history of inflammatory arthritis. These patients are likely at higher risk of complications, from both the…
  • Abstract Number: 2188 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017

    Risk of Disability in Underweight Persons with or at Increased Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis

    Nilasha Ghosh, Joan S. Chmiel, Orit Almagor, Karen W. Hayes, Kirsten C. Moisio, Alison H. Chang, Julie Szymaszek and Leena Sharma, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: US studies have revealed a U-shaped relationship between BMI and poor outcomes (function, mortality); both underweight and overweight/obese persons have greater risk. In knee…
  • Abstract Number: 2193 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    The Frequency of and Patient Characteristics Associated with Fear of Movement in Adults with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis

    Alex Gunn1, Todd A. Schwartz2, Leigh F. Callahan3, Yvonne M. Golightly4, Adam P. Goode5, Carla Hill1, Kim Huffman6, Maura D. Iversen7, Ami Pathak8, Shannon Taylor9 and Kelli Allen10, 1University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 2School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 3Thurston Arthritis Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 4Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 5O, Duke University, Durham, NC, 6Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 7Physical Therapy, Movement and Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 8Comprehensive Physical Therapy, Chapel Hill, NC, 9Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, 10University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Durham VA Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC

    Background/Purpose: Fear of movement is associated with increased pain, decreased physical function, decreased activity, and negative psychological symptoms. Little is known about fear of movement…
  • Abstract Number: 3003 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Impact of Preoperative Opioid Use on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

    Savannah R. Smith1, Heidi Y. Yang2, Jamie E. Collins3, Jeffrey N. Katz4 and Elena Losina5, 1Orthopedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Orthopaedics, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 5Orthopaedics, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is an effective treatment for patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis (OA); however, a growing body of evidence suggests that patients…
  • Abstract Number: 3135 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Influence of Baseline Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features on Outcomes of Operative and Non-Operative Treatment of Meniscal Tear in Patients ≥ 45

    Lindsey MacFarlane1, Heidi Y. Yang2, Jamie E. Collins3,4, Ali Guermazi5, Morgan Jones6, Amelia Winter2, Elena Losina4,7 and Jeffrey N. Katz4,8, 1Rheumatology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 2Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 4Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 5Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 6Orthopedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 7Orthopaedics, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 8Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: In the treatment of meniscal damage in the setting of mild to moderate osteoarthritis (OA), several randomized trials found that both arthroscopic partial meniscectomy…
  • Abstract Number: 104 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Incremental Direct Expenditures Due to Osteoarthritis: A Nationally Representative Study Using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data

    Jyothi Menon, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

    Background/Purpose:  Osteoarthritis is characterized by symptoms related to abnormalities in joints, subchondral bones and periarticular structures. In the United States, it was estimated that twenty-seven…
  • Abstract Number: 1336 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Associations of Physical and Mental Factors with Outcome Expectations for Exercise in a Clinical Trial

    Shaoyu Chang1, Lori Lyn Price2, Jeffrey Driban1, William F. Harvey3 and Chenchen Wang3, 1Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 2Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, 3Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose In exercise intervention trials, higher outcome expectancy can predict stronger adherence. Such expectancy is known to be associated with gender, age, marital status, physical…
  • Abstract Number: 214 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Knee Instability and Advanced Function Decline in Persons with Knee Osteoarthritis

    Leena Sharma1, Joan S. Chmiel1, Orit Almagor1, Kirsten Moisio1, Alison H. Chang2, Yunhui Zhang1, Laura Belisle1 and Karen W. Hayes1, 1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose Knee instability in the setting of osteoarthritis (OA) encompasses a spectrum of symptoms and phenomena, including a feeling of low overall confidence in the…
  • Abstract Number: 194 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Differences in Total Knee Replacement Outcomes Based on Age

    Leslie Harrold1, David Ayers2, Wenjun Li2, Vincent Pellegrini3, John Grady-Benson4, Jeroan Allison5 and Patricia D. Franklin2, 1Department of Orthopedics and Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 2Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, 3Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 4Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute, Hartford, CT, 5Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

    Background/Purpose The fastest growing segment of the population undergoing total knee replacements (TKR) are patients younger than 130 surgeons across 22 states in the US. …
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