Abstracts tagged "physical function"

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…
Abstract Number: 0170 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association of General Physical Functioning, Valued Life Activity (VLA) Disability, and Use of Accommodations with Depressive Symptoms Among Individuals with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Patti Katz¹, Laura Plantinga², Maria Dall'Era³, Kamil Barbour⁴, Kurt Greenlund⁴ and Jinoos Yazdany⁵, ¹UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ²University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³UCSF, Corte Madera, CA, ⁴CDC, Alpharetta, GA, ⁵University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Physical functioning (PF) is usually assessed generally in SLE rather than as difficulty performing specific activities, and measurements rarely incorporate accommodations (ACCs) that may…
Abstract Number: 0175 • ACR Convergence 2024
Do Knee Strength and Pain Relate to Developing Stair Climbing Difficulty for Knee Osteoarthritis?
Jason Jakiela¹, Yvonne Golightly², Sydney Liles³, Judy Foxworth⁴ and Daniel White⁵, ¹Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³University of Delaware, Elkton, MD, ⁴Winston-Salem State University, Elon, NC, ⁵University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of functional limitation in older adults, and stair climbing difficulty is often the first-reported limitation. Previous work…
Abstract Number: 0190 • ACR Convergence 2024
Socioeconomic Disparities in Functional Status by Neighborhood Deprivation in a National Sample of Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Baljeet Rai¹, Jessica Fitzpatrick², Jing Li³, Gabriela Schmajuk⁴ and Jinoos Yazdany⁵, ¹University of California, San Francisco, Modesto, CA, ²University California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴UCSF / SFVA, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Individuals with SLE can experience significant declines in functional status (FS). The ACR has recently identified physical function as a high-priority domain in SLE…
Abstract Number: 0518 • ACR Convergence 2024
Sustained Patient Meaningful Outcomes of Pain and Fatigue Relief and Improved Physical Functioning with Filgotinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Post Hoc Analysis
Rieke Alten¹, Bruno Fautrel², Philip G Conaghan³, Dick de Vries⁴, Margaux Faes⁵, Mercedes Piovesan⁶, Katrien Van Beneden⁷, Chris Watson⁸, Angelique E.A.M. Weel-Koenders⁹, Eugen Feist¹⁰ and Kurt de Vlam¹¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Schlosspark Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²INSERM, UMRS 1136, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, and Sorbonne University – Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Département de Rhumatologie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, Ile-de-France, France, ³Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, ⁴Clinical Development, Galapagos BV, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁵Biostatistics, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁶Medical Affairs, Galapagos Biopharma Spain SLU, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Medical Affairs, Galapagos NV, Mechelen, Belgium, ⁸Medical Affairs, Galapagos Biotech Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁹Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Helios Clinic Vogelsang-Gommern, cooperation partner of the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Gommern, Germany, ¹¹Department of Rheumatology, UZ Leuven, and Department of Development and Regeneration, Skeletal Biology and Engineering Research Center, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Background/Purpose: Quality of life for patients with RA can be severely impacted by pain, fatigue and impaired physical functioning.1 Filgotinib (FIL) has demonstrated early onset…
Abstract Number: 0680 • ACR Convergence 2024
Clinical Correlates of Physical and Mental Health in Early Systemic Sclerosis: Data from the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy (CONQUER) Registry
Ashima Makol¹, Isha Lamba², Dinesh Khanna³, John VanBuren⁴, Angela Child⁴, Jessica Alvey⁴, Shervin Assassi⁵, Elana Bernstein⁶, Flavia Castelino⁷, Lorinda Chung⁸, Luke Evnin⁹, Tracy Frech¹⁰, Faye Hant¹¹, Laura Hummers¹², Kimberly Lakin¹³, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹⁴, Yiming Luo¹⁵, Jerry Molitor¹⁶, Duncan Moore¹⁷, Carrie Richardson¹⁸, Nora Sandorfi¹⁹, Ami Shah²⁰, Ankoor Shah²¹, Brian Skaug⁵, Virginia Steen²², Elizabeth Volkmann²³ and Jessica Gordon²⁴, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ²New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Centre, New York, NY, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁷Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁸Stanford University, Woodside, CA, ⁹Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ¹⁰Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ¹¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹²Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Ellicott City, MD, ¹³Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹⁴University of Utah, Cottonwood Heights, UT, ¹⁵Columbia University, New York, NY, ¹⁶University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁷Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²⁰Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ²¹Duke University, Durham, NC, ²²Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²³University of California, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, ²⁴Division of Rheumatology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Early years of Systemic sclerosis (SSc) are typically the period of peak disease activity and associated with greater pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance, physical impairment,…

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