Abstract Number: 1431 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Age and Sex Impacts the Development of Hypersensitivity in the Murine Partial Medial Menisectomy Model of Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of chronic pain in European adults (37%; painineurope.com). Pain is the foremost symptom of OA, with both episodes…Abstract Number: 2395 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Predictors of and Longitudinal Factors Associated with Change in Pain, Stiffness and Physical Function over 8 Years in a Midlife Cohort with a Low Prevalence of Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common musculoskeletal condition affecting quality of life and was one of the leading causes of the years lived…Abstract Number: 324 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Activity Limitations in Persons with Low, Medium, and High Levels of Pain Prior to Total Knee Replacement: Implications for Appropriateness and Efficacy
Background/Purpose: Historically, persons with knee OA considered for total knee replacement (TKR) have had severe pain, as reflected in high WOMAC scores, in addition to…Abstract Number: 329 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Leptin and Risk of Knee Pain and Osteoarthritis: Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Serum Leptin and Risk of Knee Pain and Osteoarthritis: Multicenter Osteoarthritis StudyD. Misra, J. Niu, D.T. Felson, M. Nevitt, J. Torner, C.E. Lewis, A. Hu,…Abstract Number: 335 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence of Hand Osteoarthritis and Factors Associated with Pain in Korean Farmers
Background/Purpose: Farming activity is burdened work with excessive use of hands. Thus, farmers are expected to have high prevalence of hand osteoarthritis (HOA). However, there…Abstract Number: 1006 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Incident Frequent Knee Pain Is Associated with Changes in Semi-Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers of Inflammation
Background/Purpose: The cause of knee pain in osteoarthritis (OA) is multi-factorial, and there is increasing evidence of the role of inflammation in OA. The goal…Abstract Number: 2783 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Effect of Synovitis, Effusion and Bone Marrow Lesions on Development of Sensitization in Knee OA: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Background/Purpose: Alterations in the peripheral and central nervous systems including sensitization are thought to play an important role in the pain experience in knee OA.…Abstract Number: 2231 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Combined Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine Is Comparable to Celecoxib for Painful Knee Osteoarthritis. Results from a Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, PHASE IV NON-Inferiority TRIAL
Background/Purpose The Multicentre Osteoarthritis interVEntion trial with Sysadoa (MOVES) compared efficacy and safety of Chondroitin sulfate (CS) and Glucosamine Hydrochloride (GH) with that of Celecoxib…Abstract Number: 2241 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Intermittent Analgesic Use and Risk of Pain Exacerbation in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Web Based Case-Crossover Study
Background/Purpose: The pain experienced by osteoarthritis (OA) patients is neither constant nor stable and most patients experience episodes of pain exacerbations or flares. A number…Abstract Number: 1822 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increasing Synovitis and Bone Marrow Lesions Are Associated with Incident Joint Tenderness in Hand Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: As hand osteoarthritis (OA) studies with repeated MRI are lacking, longitudinal associations between synovitis and bone marrow lesions (BMLs) and pain are unknown. Our…Abstract Number: 1281 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Knee Pain and a Prior Injury Are Associated with Increased Risk of a New Knee Injury: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative
Background/Purpose: A knee injury increases the risk for early-onset osteoarthritis (OA) and accelerated knee OA progression but little is known about risk factors for injuries…Abstract Number: 1282 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Systemic Pain Modulation Is Related to Body Perception in People with Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose Cortically mediated changes in body perception have been linked to a variety of chronic pain conditions, including knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, associations between body…Abstract Number: 1280 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Relationship of Buckling and Knee Injury to Pain Exacerbation in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Web-Based Case-Crossover Stud
Background/Purpose Knee osteoarthritis (OA) pain is neither constant nor stable and exacerbations of pain are disabling. We examined whether knee injury and buckling (giving way)…Abstract Number: 926 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Does a Family History of Total Knee Replacement for Knee Osteoarthritis Influence Knee Pain and Structural Progression? a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study
Background/Purpose: Genetic factors appear to play an important role in the pathogenesis of both knee pain and radiographic osteoarthritis (OA) based on cross-sectional studies but…Abstract Number: 924 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Characteristics of Pain Flares in Knee Osteoarthritis
Background/Purpose: For inclusion in osteoarthritis clinical trials, participants often need to have a pain ‘flare’, usually defined as a pain increase over a period of…