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Abstracts tagged "physical function"

  • Abstract Number: 1149 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Patient Symptom State Demonstrates Validity for the Assessment of Disease Activity and Patient-reported Outcomes in Adults with SAPHO and Chronic Nonbacterial Osteomyelitis – A Longitudinal Response Profile Analysis in The SAPHO-CNO Study

    Aleksander Lenert1, Robyn Domsic2, Jenna Thomason3, Melanie smith4, Petar Lenert5, Yongdong (Dan) Zhao6, Jonathan Templin1, Mary Vaughan-Sarrazin1, Daniel Solomon7 and Polly Ferguson8, 1University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 3University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 4Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 5University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, 6Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Redmond, WA, 7Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 8University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA

    Background/Purpose: Patient symptoms are important in the assessment of disease activity. The Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) is defined as the minimum symptom score beyond…
  • Abstract Number: 2102 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Construct Validity of the Six-Minute Walk Test in Knee Osteoarthritis

    Sivakami Mylvaganam1, Ian stanaitis2, Gillian Hawker3 and Lauren King3, 1Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2Research and Innovation Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, 3University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) significantly affects physical function, making function a core outcome in OA research. The Osteoarthritis Research Society International recommends the six-minute walk…
  • Abstract Number: 1027 • ACR Convergence 2025

    GLP-1 Receptor Agonists to Facilitate Weight Loss and Improve Disease Activity, Pain and Function in Patients With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease: Real-World Evidence From the Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness (RISE) Registry

    Nick McCormick1, Jingyi Zhang2, Emily Holladay2, Fenglong Xie3 and Jeffrey Curtis4, 1Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 2University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 3The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL

    Background/Purpose: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) such as semaglutide (SEM; GLP-1) and tirzepatide (TIR; GIP/GLP-1), were initially approved for type 2 diabetes management but…
  • Abstract Number: 2101 • ACR Convergence 2025

    LEVI-04, a Novel Neurotrophin-3 Inhibitor, Demonstrates Clinically Meaningful Improvements in Pain and Physical Function across a Range of OA Outcomes, Including the Staircase-Evoked Pain Procedure (StEPP)

    Philip Conaghan1, nathaniel katz2, Asger Bihlet3, Laus W Wullum4, Kerry af Forselles5, C Michael Perkins5, Bernadette Hughes6, Claire Herholdt7 and Iwona Bombelka8, 1University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 2Rin Sof Innovation, Ltd, Boston, MA, 3NBCD A/S, Herlev, Denmark, 4Omicron A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5Levicept, Sandwich, United Kingdom, 6Levicept, Ashtead, United Kingdom, 7Levicept Ltd, Ashtead, United Kingdom, 8Levicept, Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom

    Background/Purpose: When evaluating new osteoarthritis (OA) therapies, we need to understand their clinical meaningfulness. LEVI-04, a first-in-class p75 neurotrophin receptor-Fc fusion protein that primarily inhibits…
  • Abstract Number: 0769 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Increased Gait Variability at Preferred Walking Speeds is Associated with Increased Physical Activity Measures in People with Knee Osteoarthritis

    Ogundoyin Ogundiran, Steven Garcia, Joy Itodo, Oiza Peters and Kharma Foucher, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO, Chicago, IL

    Background/Purpose: People with knee osteoarthritis (OA) often exhibit reduced physical activity levels and increased fall risk. Gait variability, specifically center of mass (COM) variability is…
  • Abstract Number: 2055 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Construct Validity of Total Improvement Score (TIS) as an Endpoint for Clinically Meaningful Improvement in Multiple Patient-Centered Outcome Measures in Dermatomyositis

    Anjana Chandrasekhara Pillai1, Shiri Keret2, Siamak Moghadam-Kia3, Chester V. Oddis4 and Rohit Aggarwal5, 1PPCP, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Bnai Zion Medical Center, Atlit, Israel, 3University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 4University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 5University of Pittsburgh, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, United States of America, Pittsburgh, PA

    Background/Purpose: Total Improvement Score (TIS), as defined by the ACR/EULAR myositis response criteria, is increasingly employed as a primary endpoint in clinical trials for dermatomyositis…
  • Abstract Number: 0446 • ACR Convergence 2025

    A Balancing Act: The Interplay Between Resilience and Frailty in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Hannah Brubeck1, Kylie Riggles1, Adrienne Tanus1, Nadine El-ayache2, George Mount2, Elizabeth Wahl2, Courtney Loecker3, Jose Garcia4, Dolores Shoback5, Joshua Baker6, Patti Katz7, Ariela Orkaby8 and Katherine Wysham9, 1VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, 2VA Puget Sound Health Care System & University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 3University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 4VA Puget Sound Health Care System, VA GRECC, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 5San Francisco VA Medical Center & University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 6University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 7UCSF, San Rafael, CA, 8VA Boston Healthcare System & Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School & VA Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston, MA, 9VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA

    Background/Purpose: Frailty, a state of decreased physiological reserve and heightened vulnerability to stressors, occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health…
  • Abstract Number: 1977 • ACR Convergence 2025

    The Westergren Sedimentation Rate: To Be or Not to Be! The Westergren Sedimentation Rate is being “Killed” but has not “Died”.

    John Goldman1, Michael Goldman2 and Glenn R. Parris3, 1Emory University St Josephs Hospital, Atlanta, GA, 2SENTA Southeastern Ear, Nose, Throat and Allergy, Atlanta, GA, 3PARRIS & ASSOCIATES, Lilburn, GA

    Background/Purpose: The Westergren Sedimentation Rate (WSR) is a simple, cost-effective laboratory test commonly used by rheumatologists to assess systemic inflammation. This study was initiated to…
  • Abstract Number: 0442 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Beyond the Joints: The Impact of Non-Articular Pain on Patient-Reported Function in a Longitudinal Real-World Early RA Cohort

    Charis Meng1, Marie-France Valois2, Caci Julia3, Yvonne Lee4, Bindee Kuriya5, Gilles Boire6, Hugues Allard-Chamard7, Carol Hitchon8, Louis Bessette9, Glen Hazlewood10, Carter Thorne11, Susan J. Bartlett12, Janet Pope13 and Vivian Bykerk1, 1Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, 2McGill University, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada, 3Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, 4Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 5Mount Sinai Health, Toronto, Canada, 6Retired, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 7Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, 8University of Manitoba, Winnepeg, Canada, 9Centre de l'Ostéoporose et de Rhumatologie de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada, 10University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 11Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 12McGill University, Beaconsfield, QC, Canada, 13University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

    Background/Purpose: A third of patients with early (e)RA report pain outside the joint or non-articular pain (NAP) despite RA treatment(1). NAP, both regional and widespread,…
  • Abstract Number: 1927 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Development of the PREVAIL model of care: Optimizing feasibility and acceptability for trial implementation

    Louise Thoma1, Joel Thompson2, Jason Sharpe3, Beth Jonas4, Patti Katz5 and Kelli Allen6, 1University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cary, NC, 3Flatiron Health, Durham, NC, 4University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 5UCSF, San Rafael, CA, 6University of North Carolina, Durham, NC

    Background/Purpose: Exercise guidance and referral to physical therapy are not consistently delivered when appropriate in rheumatology care for adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The PREVAIL…
  • Abstract Number: 0336 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Does Baseline Physical Function Moderate Change in Steps/day Following a Telephone-Delivered Walk With Ease Program?

    Nurten Gizem Tore1, Daniel K. White2 and Christine Pellegrini3, 1University of Delaware, Newark, 2University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 3Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia

    Background/Purpose: Adults with knee osteoarthritis with worse physical function are known to benefit more from therapeutic exercise than those with less limitation. However, there is…
  • Abstract Number: 1717 • ACR Convergence 2025

    The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics Frailty Index (SLICC-FI) Predicts Mortality In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Patients: Data From The Almenara Lupus Cohort

    Benny Rashuamán-Conche1, Rocío Gamboa-Cárdenas2, Victor Pimentel-Quiroz3, Anubhav Singh4, Cristina Reategui-Sokolova5, Claudia Elera-Fitzcarrald5, Samira Garcia-Hirsh6, Cesar Pastor-Asurza7, Zoila Rodriguez-Bellido8, Risto Perich-Campos9, Graciela Alarcón10 and Manuel Ugarte-Gil11, 1Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Lima, Peru, 2Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru, 3Universidad Científica del Sur, San Isidro, Peru, 4Baptist hospital of southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX, 5Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru, 6Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru, 7Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Pakistan, 8Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 9Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, La Molina, Peru, 10The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oakland, CA, 11Grupo Peruano de Estudio de Enfermedades Autoinmunes Sistémicas, Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Peru; Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, Lima, Peru

    Background/Purpose: Frailty has been shown to predict damage accrual in patients with SLE, including those from Latin America. However, the impact of frailty on mortality…
  • Abstract Number: 0319 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists in Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Meta-Analysis

    Danielle Madison1, Adriana Morales Rivera2, Dylon Collins2, Isabel Lam2, Daniel Khokhar2, Garrett Snyder2, Anthony Thompson2, Mark Soliman2, Daniela Carralero Somoza2 and Michael Sabina2, 1Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL, 2Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland

    Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a leading cause of disability and the most common rheumatological condition worldwide. Weight management has been recognized as a key…
  • Abstract Number: 1643 • ACR Convergence 2025

    Optimizing Analyses of Chair Stand Test Outcome Data in the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study: Exploration of Approaches to Handling Missing and/or Skewed Data with Performance-based Function Measures

    Michael LaValley1, Vanessa Vu2, Maggie Westerland2, Yuqing Li2, Cora Lewis3, Laura Frey Law4, David Felson2 and Tuhina Neogi5, 1Boston University School of Public Health, Arlington, MA, 2Boston University, Boston, MA, 3The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 4Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 5Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

    Background/Purpose: Maintaining physical function is crucially important in aging. Lower body function is often measured with the chair stand test (CST), also known as the…
  • Abstract Number: 0305 • ACR Convergence 2025

    From Movement to Meaning: Exploring Physical Function in IBM with Actigraphy

    Vaidehi Kothari1, Eaman Alhassan2, Kevin Renz Ambrocio1, Bonny Rockette-Wagner3, Chester V. Oddis1, Kendrea (Focht) Garand1 and Rohit Aggarwal4, 1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 3University of Pittsburgh, PITTSBURGH, 4University of Pittsburgh, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Pittsburgh, United States of America, Pittsburgh, PA

    Background/Purpose: Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is a progressive and severe inflammatory muscle disease that primarily affects adults over 50 years of age. It presents with…
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