Abstracts tagged "Osteoarthritis"

Abstract Number: 2498 • ACR Convergence 2023
Does Physical Activity Modify the Relationship Between Pain and Corticosteroid Injection Utilization in Adults with or at High Risk for Knee Osteoarthritis?
Sydney Liles¹, Daniel White², Thomas Bye² and Jason Jakiela², ¹University of Delaware, Elkton, MD, ²University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading global cause of pain and disability, with no current cure. Knee pain is the most common symptom and…
Abstract Number: 0318 • ACR Convergence 2023
The Association of CT-Detected Intra-Articular Mineralization with MRI-Detected Effusion-Synovitis and Hoffa’s Synovitis in Knee OA: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Jean Liew¹, Gabriela Rabasa¹, Mohamed Jarraya², Ali Guermazi¹, David Felson¹, Beth Lewis³, John Lynch⁴, Michael Nevitt⁴, James Torner⁵ and Tuhina Neogi⁶, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ³University of Alabama at Birimingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁶Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Intra-articular (IA) deposition of calcium crystals (chondrocalcinosis), is common in knee OA. While calcium crystals can cause inflammatory arthritis, their contribution to joint inflammation…
Abstract Number: 0836 • ACR Convergence 2023
Vagotomy and Subsequent Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis: A Danish Register-Based Cohort Study
Matthew Baker¹, Dávid Nagy², Suzanne Tamang³, Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó² and Henrik Toft Sørensen², ¹Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, ²Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, ³Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an emerging potential therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Given preliminary benefit observed with VNS in RA, we hypothesized that…
Abstract Number: 0876 • ACR Convergence 2023
Metabolomic Analysis Reveals Associations Between Calcium Crystals and Metabolites in Osteoarthritic Synovial Tissue
Nathan Argel¹, Sina Stücker², Adnan Cutuk³, Robert Meyer³, Nancy Lane⁴, Jessica Bertrand², Monica Guma³ and Jessica Murillo-Saich¹, ¹Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany, ³San Diego VA Healthcare Service, La Jolla, CA, ⁴University of California, Hillsborough, CA
Background/Purpose: Emerging research suggests that synovial inflammation and metabolic alterations are involved in the progression of osteoarthritis (OA). Additionally, the presence of calcium-containing crystals (CC),…
Abstract Number: 1186 • ACR Convergence 2023
Presence of Erosions Is Not a Risk Factor for the Development of Knee OA in a Hand OA Population: The Framingham OA Study
Tine Vanhaverbeke¹, Gabriela Rabasa², Ruth Wittoek¹, Ida Kristin Haugen³ and David Felson², ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ²Boston University, Boston, MA, ³Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a prevalent musculoskeletal disease and can affect multiple joint sites in one patient. Studies have shown an association between hand and…
Abstract Number: 1591 • ACR Convergence 2023
Complement Factor D/Adipsin Knockout Mice Demonstrate Disparate Pain and Structural Damage Phenotypes in Obesity-induced Post Traumatic Osteoarthritis
Kelsey Collins¹, Kristin Lenz², Arin Oestreich², Luke Springer², Antonina Akk², Huimin Yan², Xiaobo Wu², John Atkinson³, Christine Pham⁴ and Farshid Guilak⁴, ¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ³Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁴Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of musculoskeletal pain, which is a primary driver of care-seeking behavior. There is lack of mechanistic information detailing…
Abstract Number: 1883 • ACR Convergence 2023
Thalamocortical Mechanisms of a Remote Mind-body Intervention for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
Jian Kong¹, Valeria Sacca¹ and Chenchen Wang², ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Center of Integrative Medicine and Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Studies found that individuals with pain exhibit altered thalamocortical rhythm, abnormal function, and structural connectivity within the network. Effective treatment may relieve pain by…
Abstract Number: 1989 • ACR Convergence 2023
Shared Variation Among Cartilage Thickness Change Maps and Baseline Clinical Features at the Initiation of Structural Knee Osteoarthritis
Thomas Keefe¹, Marc Niethammer¹, Boqi Chen¹, Zhengyang Shen¹, Daniel Nissman¹, Mary Catherine Minnig², Yvonne Golightly³, J.S. Marron¹ and Amanda Nelson¹, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Durham, NC, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: To identify features of cartilage thickness change and baseline clinical indicators associated with the transition from normal to mildly reduced joint space as an…
Abstract Number: 2499 • ACR Convergence 2023
Influence of Adiposity on Physical Function, Physical Activity, and Self-Reported Symptom Severity for Individuals with Arthritis Prior to Beginning a Physical Activity Promotion Intervention
Scott Jamieson, Sara Wilcox and Christine Pellegrini, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Background/Purpose: Engagement in moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is recommended for individuals with obesity to promote weight loss and mitigate severity of chronic diseases associated with…
Abstract Number: L05 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effect of Denosumab on Structure Modification in Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis: Results of a 48-Week, Monocentric, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Phase 2 Study and Open Label Extension Phase
Ruth Wittoek¹, August Verbruggen², Tine Vanhaverbeke² and Dirk Elewaut³, ¹Dept. of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, ²Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ³Ghent University and VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Erosive hand osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling disease with limited therapeutic options. Denosumab, a Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor kappa-b Ligand inhibitor, affects bone…
Abstract Number: 0026 • ACR Convergence 2022
Silencing of WISP-2 Induces Inflammatory Mediators and Catabolic Factors in Cartilage
Clara Ruiz-Fernández¹, María González-Rodríguez², Vera Francisco³, Djedjiga Ait Eldjoudi², Alfonso Cordero-Barreal², Yousof Farrag², Jesús Pino⁴, Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁵, Antonio Mera⁶, Francisca Lago² and Oreste Gualillo⁷, ¹Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, ²Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ³Institute of Health Research-INCLIVA, València, Spain, ⁴Santiago Clinic Hospital CHUS-Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁵Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁶Santiago University Clinical Hospital CHUS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁷Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS (Servizo Galego de Saude) and IDIS (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago), NEIRID Lab (Neuroendocrine Interactions in Rheumatology and Inflammatory Diseases), Research Laboratory 9, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Background/Purpose: Wnt-1 inducible signaling pathway protein 2 (WISP-2/CCN5) is an adipokine that has been described as an important mediator of canonical Wnt activation in adipogenic…
Abstract Number: 0590 • ACR Convergence 2022
Molecular Profiling of Normal Human Synovium Reveals Striking Impact of Adipocytes and Homeostatic Cortisol Signaling
Heather Faust¹, Tan-Yun Cheng¹, Ilya Korsunsky¹, Gerald FM Watts¹, David Moody¹ and Michael Brenner², ¹Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The synovium encapsulates joints and contains fibroblasts which proliferate, become invasive, and drive disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). There is…
Abstract Number: 1143 • ACR Convergence 2022
Epigenome-wide Analysis of Osteoarthritis in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study
Michelle S. Yau¹, Paul C. Okoro², Ida K. Haugen³, John A. Lynch⁴, Michael Nevitt⁵, Cora E. Lewis⁶, James Torner⁷ and David Felson⁸, ¹Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA, ³Center for treatment of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (REMEDY), Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Oslo, Norway, ⁴UCSF, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of California at San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁶University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁸Boston University, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Epigenetic mechanisms like DNA methylation may play a role in OA. For example, expression of GDF5, a well-known OA gene, is modulated by demethylation…
Abstract Number: 1754 • ACR Convergence 2022
Association of Cognitive Impairment and Symptomatic Lower Extremity Osteoarthritis by Level of Physical Activity: Preliminary Data from the Johnston County Health Study
Kharma Foucher¹, Amanda Nelson², Leigh Callahan³ and Yvonne Golightly⁴, ¹University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: While osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with an increased risk of dementia,1 the frequency of milder cognitive impairment is unknown. Mild to moderate cognitive impairment…
Abstract Number: 1896 • ACR Convergence 2022
Alkylresorcinol, a Biomarker for Whole Grain Intake, and Its Association with Osteoarthritis: The MOST Study
Juan-Pablo Zertuche¹, Gabriela Rabasa¹, Alice H. Lichtenstein², Nirupa R. Matthan², Michael Nevitt³, James Torner⁴, Cora E. Lewis⁵, Devyani Misra⁶ and David Felson¹, ¹Boston University, Boston, MA, ²Tufts University, Boston, MA, ³University of California at San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁴University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁵University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Whole grains, particularly wheat, are an important source of dietary fiber in the US. By providing a fermentable source, whole grains can modify the…

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