Abstracts tagged "pain"

Abstract Number: 0153 • ACR Convergence 2023
Diminished Vibration Perception and Greater Pressure Pain Sensitivity Are Associated with Worse Knee Osteoarthritis Outcomes Across Sex and Race
Chris Lane¹, Louise Thoma², Carolina Alvarez³, Deborah Givens⁴, Amanda Nelson⁴, Adam Goode⁵, Kharma Foucher⁶ and Yvonne Golightly⁷, ¹UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Miami, FL, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁷University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Sex and race differences have been observed in clinical outcomes such as patient-reported pain and function in adults with knee OA. However, few studies…
Abstract Number: 0527 • ACR Convergence 2023
Bimekizumab Treatment Impact on Pain and Fatigue in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis Who Were Biologic DMARD‑Naïve or Had Inadequate Response or Intolerance to TNF-α Inhibitors: 1-Year Results from Two Phase 3 Studies
M. Elaine Husni¹, Philip J. Mease², Joseph Merola³, Frank Behrens⁴, Ennio G Favalli⁵, Dennis McGonagle⁶, William R Tillett⁷, Shigeyoshi Tsuji⁸, Barbara Ink⁹, Rajan Bajracharya⁹, Jérémy Lambert¹⁰, Jason Coarse¹¹ and Laure Gossec¹², ¹Cleveland Clinic / Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland, OH, ²Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ³Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Newton, MA, ⁴Goethe University, Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital and Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine & Pharmacology, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁵ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO, University of Milan, Department of Rheumatology, Milan, Italy, ⁶Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁷Department of Rheumatology, Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ⁸Nippon Life Hospital, Osaka, Japan, ⁹UCB Pharma, Slough, United Kingdom, ¹⁰UCB Pharma, Irigny, France, ¹¹UCB Pharma, Morrisville, NC, ¹²Sorbonne Université and Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Pain and fatigue have been identified by patients (pts) as key features of PsA, driving the impact on their health-related quality of life.1 Bimekizumab…
Abstract Number: 1039 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cross-Sectional Associations of Ultrasound Features with Symptom Outcomes at the Knee: A Community-based Study
Katherine Yates¹, Carolina Alvarez², Todd Schwartz³, Serena Savage-Guin⁴, Jordan Renner⁴, Catherine Bakewell⁵, Minna Kohler⁶, Janice Lin⁷, Jonathan Samuels⁸ and Amanda Nelson⁴, ¹University of North Carolina Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Miami, FL, ³University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁷Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, ⁸NYU Langone, Rye Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) allows for visualization of many features of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) including osteophytes, meniscal extrusion, synovitis, and articular cartilage damage. Additionally, US is…
Abstract Number: 1430 • ACR Convergence 2023
A Proof-of-concept Study Evaluating the Use of Functional Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessing Treatment Response in Psoriatic Arthritis Patients
Esther Espartal López¹, Xabier Michelena Vegas², Sara Marsal Barril¹, Alex Rovira³, Deborah Pareto³ and Alba Erra Duran¹, ¹Vall Hebron University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitari Vall Hebron, Barcelona, Spain, ³Vall Hebron University Hospital, Section of Neuroradiology (Department of Radiology, IDI), Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Inflammatory cytokines can alter the way the central nervous system processes pain as shown in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. However, the relationship between TNFα…
Abstract Number: 1831 • ACR Convergence 2023
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Status of Fibromyalgia
Tali Sahar¹, Amir Minerbi², maria Verner¹, sabrina Mitrovic³, yoram Shir¹, Gabrielle Page⁴ and mary-ann fitzcharles¹, ¹McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Rambam Health Campus, Haifa, Israel, ³McGill University, Montréal-Ouest, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) symptoms fluctuate, with exacerbation commonly associated with stressors. The COVID-19 pandemic was a cause of prolonged stress due to factors such as…
Abstract Number: 2057 • ACR Convergence 2023
Medical Trauma and Its Association with Pain and Disability Risk in Children with Inflammatory Arthritis
Leah Medrano¹, Brenda Bursch¹, Jennifer Weiss², Alice Hoftman¹, Joshua Li³, Nicholas Jackson³ and Deborah McCurdy¹, ¹David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, ²Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, ³Department of Medicine Statistics Core, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: This study aims to determine the prevalence of medical trauma and its impacts on outcomes in a sample of children with inflammatory arthritis. We…
Abstract Number: 0240 • ACR Convergence 2023
Gout: A Gateway to Chronic Opioid Use?
Lindsay Helget¹, Bryant England¹, Punyasha Roul¹, Harlan Sayles¹, Tuhina Neogi², James O'Dell¹ and Ted R Mikuls³, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, ³Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Painful gout flares often lead to healthcare visits which, based on prior reports, results in the use of opioid therapy for flare management, despite…
Abstract Number: 0629 • ACR Convergence 2023
Negative Affect, Anxiety and Fatigue Moderate the Association Between Pain Intensity and Physical Function in People with Systemic Sclerosis
Daniel Whibley¹, Yen Chen¹, Anna Kratz¹, Dinesh Khanna¹ and Susan Murphy², ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²University of Michigan, Plymouth, MI
Background/Purpose: Pain is a common symptom of systemic sclerosis (SSc), affecting over 80% of those living with the condition, with over a third experiencing pain…
Abstract Number: 1157 • ACR Convergence 2023
Experience of Pain in Adults with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies, Myositis
Helene Alexanderson¹, Masoumeh Tasaroffi², Henrik Pettersson³ and Malin Regardt³, ¹Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Danderyds Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Karolinska University Hospital and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Knowledge of pain in myositis is limited. Recent research suggest that pain is a common symptom in adults with myositis and deemed as one…
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: 1834 • ACR Convergence 2023
Evaluation of Fibromyalgia, Clinical/Serologic Activity, and Patient Reported Outcomes in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse SLE Patient Cohort
Kelly Corbitt¹, Philip Carlucci², Brooke Cohen³, Mala Masson³, H Michael Belmont⁴, Amit Saxena⁵, Chung-E Tseng³, Jing Wang³, Kamil Barbour⁶, Jill Buyon⁷, Peter Izmirly² and Heather Gold³, ¹New York University, El Portal, FL, ²New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ³New York University, New York, NY, ⁴NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Rheumatology, New York, NY, ⁶Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, ⁷NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: SLE patients have a higher prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) than the general population. FM symptoms, such as nociplastic pain and fatigue, are known to…
Abstract Number: 2099 • ACR Convergence 2023
Lesser Impact of Lower-Small Joint Involvement on Pain Than Upper-Small Joint in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analysis Based on a Large Rheumatoid Arthritis Database in Japan
Tetsuji Sawada¹, Susumu Nishiyama², Shigemoto Igari¹, Toshihiro Matsui³ and Shigeto Tohma⁴, ¹Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Shinjuku Tokyo, Japan, ²Kurashiki Medical Center, Kurashiki, Japan, ³NHO Sagamihara National Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan, ⁴NHO Tokyo National Hospital, Dallas, TX
Background/Purpose: Previous studies have highlighted the influence of pain, functional impairment, and affected joint distribution on the discordance in the global assessment of disease activity…
Abstract Number: 0306 • ACR Convergence 2023
Fitbit Is a Valid and Reliable Physical Activity Monitor in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy
Akanksha Sharma¹, shiri keret², Raisa Lomanto Silva³, Tanya Chandra⁴, Joel Levin⁵, Siamak Moghadam-Kia³, Chester V. Oddis⁶ and Rohit Aggarwal⁶, ¹UPMC Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Bnai Zion, Atlit, Israel, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ⁵University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM, myositis) are a systemic autoimmune disease leading to debilitating muscle weakness and significant limitations in daily activities. Physical activity monitor…
Abstract Number: 0636 • ACR Convergence 2023
Chasing Pain: Investigating Somatosensory Profiles in Patients with Rheumatological Diseases Using Quantitative Sensory Testing
Claus Juergen Bauer¹, Ruth Sophie Schrapper², Simon Petzinna³, Charlotte Behning⁴, Tim T.A. Bender⁵, Peter Brossart¹, Martin Muecke⁶ and Valentin Sebastian Schäfer¹, ¹Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Department of Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ²University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ³Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁴Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁵University Hospital of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, ⁶Universital Hospital of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Background/Purpose: Pain is a prominent symptom in numerous rheumatological diseases. In order to allow for a standardized quantification and the assessment of nociceptive and non-nociceptive…
Abstract Number: 1183 • ACR Convergence 2023
CoLchicine for Treatment of OsteoArthritis of the Knee—Updated Data from a Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial
Katherine Tse¹, Roni Meidan², Michael Toprover³, David Wei², Nicole Leung⁴, Maryfe Coronel², Julia Cai², Aryan Jain², maria lessa², Renata La Rocca Vieira², Svetlana Krasnokutsky Samuels², Michael Pillinger⁵ and Jonathan Samuels⁶, ¹NYU Langone, New York, NY, ²NYU Langone Helath, New York, NY, ³New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, ⁴New York University Langone Hospital, New York, NY, ⁵New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶NYU Langone, Rye Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) has a probable inflammatory role for IL-1b. The presence of calcium and urate crystals may contribute to OA by activating the…

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