Abstracts tagged "osteoarthritis and patient outcomes"

Abstract Number: 1019 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
The Impact of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis on the Subsequent Risk of Incident Diabetes: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Tetyana Kendzerska^1,2,3, Lauren King¹, Ruth Croxford², Ian Stanaitis³, Angela Wall³ and Gillian Hawker^1,2,3, ¹University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³Women's College Research Institute/Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) and diabetes commonly co-occur. Potential explanations include common risk factors (aging, obesity) and the effects of OA-related functional limitations on diabetes risk…
Abstract Number: 1490 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Can Patients Forget Their Artificial Joint after Arthroplasty?
Gizem Irem KINIKLI¹, Hande GUNEY², Sercan ONAL², Ceyda SARIAL², Dilara DONDER², Inci YUKSEL², Omur CAGLAR³ and Gulay KINIKLI⁴, ¹Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey, ²Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey, ³Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) are the clinical outcome of a functional and structural failure resulting with pain and physical dysfunction. Total joint arthroplasty…