Abstracts tagged "Rehabilitation"

Abstract Number: 0148 • ACR Convergence 2023
Recreational Activities in Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Relevance, Difficulty, and Associations with Clinical Outcomes
Sarah Novroski¹, Chris Lane¹, Joshua Torrey² and Louise Thoma³, ¹UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can limit one's ability to participate in recreational activities. Participation in recreational activities enhances quality of life, yet limited literature addresses…
Abstract Number: 0617 • ACR Convergence 2023
Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Connective Tissue Disease-Related Interstitial Lung Diseases
Rosemary Gedert¹, Suiyuan Huang², Maya Sabbagh², Melissa McInroy², Steven Huang², Dinesh Khanna² and Vivek Nagaraja³, ¹University of Michigan, Onsted, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of connective tissue disease (CTD)1. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) can be utilized to improve dyspnea and quality…
Abstract Number: 0809 • ACR Convergence 2023
Underserved by Rehabilitation: Characteristics Among Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Chris Lane¹, Lauren Mihalek², Kelli Allen³, Beth Jonas⁴, Patti Katz⁵ and Louise Thoma⁶, ¹UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA, ⁶University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often experience functional limitations (e.g., difficulty walking, dressing oneself), even with low disease activity and good pharmaceutical management. Rehabilitation…
Abstract Number: 1976 • ACR Convergence 2023
Distribution and Validity of Proposed Disability Categories from the Short-Valued Life Activities Questionnaire
Louise Thoma¹, Kelli Allen², Beth Jonas³ and Patti Katz⁴, ¹University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Durham, NC, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴University of California San Francisco, San Rafael, CA
Background/Purpose: Rehabilitation (i.e., physical therapy and occupational therapy) is indicated to improve function and participation in life activities. Rehabilitation utilization is low among adults with…
Abstract Number: 0842 • ACR Convergence 2022
The Amount of Fluid in the Retrocalcaneal Area Negatively Correlates with Lower Extremity Function
Brian Honick and Karin Grävare Silbernagel, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: Patients with midportion Achilles tendinopathy who are screened with diagnostic ultrasound may have a collection of anechoic fluid posteroinferior to Kager's fat pad. A…
Abstract Number: 1226 • ACR Convergence 2021
The Neuro-QOL Upper Extremity Function Scale: New Opportunities to More Reliably and Precisely Measure Self-reported Hand Function and Self-care Activities in People with RA
Susan Bartlett¹, Orit Schieir², Marie-France Valois¹, Janet Pope³, Gilles Boire⁴, Edward Keystone⁵, Diane Tin⁶, Carter Thorne⁷, Carol Hitchon⁸, Louis Bessette⁹, Glen Hazlewood¹⁰, Vivian Bykerk¹¹ and CATCH Investigators¹², ¹McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Study, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁴Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ⁵Keystone Consulting Enterprises Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁶The Arthritis Program Research Group, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁷Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ⁸University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, ⁹Centre de l'Ostoporose et de Rhumatologie de Qubec, Québec City, QC, Canada, ¹⁰University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ¹¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ¹²Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort Investigators, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: RA is an inflammatory disease that results in pain and loss of function, especially in the hands and wrists. Brief self-assessment tools that can…
Abstract Number: 1821 • ACR Convergence 2021
Role of Patient Organizations in Implementation of Recommended Non-pharmacological Treatment Modalities in Spondyloarthritis: Evidence for the Effectiveness of Self-management Strategies
Dirk Meyer-Olson¹, Kirsten Hoeper², Ludwig Hammel³, Sebastian Lieb⁴, Andreas Haehle⁴ and Uta Kiltz⁵, ¹m&i Fachklinik Bad Pyrmont, Hannover, Germany, ²Regionales Kooperatives Rheumazentrum Niedersachsen e. V.; Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Hannover, Germany,, Hannover, Germany, ³Deutsche Vereinigung Morbus Bechterew e.V.,, Schweinfurt, Germany, ⁴Novartis Pharma GmbH, Immunology, Hepatology and Dermatology, Nürnberg, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: This study aimed to characterize the impact of pt advocacy group membership and its association with NPTM frequency and clinical parameters in axSpA pts.…
Abstract Number: 0024 • ACR Convergence 2020
An International Delphi Consensus on Non-pharmacological Interventions for Fibromyalgia
Burak Kundakci¹, Michelle Hall¹, Fabiola Atzeni², Jaime C. Branco³, Dan Buskila⁴, Daniel Clauw⁵, Leslie J. Crofford⁶, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles⁷, Vasileios Georgopoulos⁸, Robert D. Gerwin⁹, Eva Kosek¹⁰, Gary Macfarlane¹¹, Caroline Neal¹², Nathan J. Rudin¹³, Sarah Ryan¹⁴, José A. P. da Silva¹⁵, Ann Taylor¹⁶, Dennis C. Turk¹⁷, Daniel Whibley¹⁸, Michael Doherty¹⁹, Weiya Zhang²⁰ and Abhishek Abhishek¹, ¹University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy, ³3.CEDOC, NOVA Medical School, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal; 7.Hospital Egas Moniz (CHLO) (Rheumatology Department), Lisboa, Portugal, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁴Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer – Sheva, Israel, Beer-Sheva, Israel, ⁵Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁷McGill University, montreal, Canada, ⁸University of Nottingham, Nottingham, ⁹Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, ¹⁰Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ¹¹University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, ¹²Primary Integrated Community Services Ltd, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ¹³University of Wisconsin, Madison, ¹⁴Midlands NHS Foundation Trust and Keele University, Stoke on trent, United Kingdom, ¹⁵9.Centro Hospitalar e Universitário Coimbra (Rheumatology Department), Coimbra, Portugal, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹⁶Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom, ¹⁷University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ¹⁸University of Aberdeen, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁹Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, ²⁰Academic Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Fibromyalgia (FM) impacts directly on health and quality of life (QoL) of patients and associates with a large health economic burden. Non-pharmacological interventions are…
Abstract Number: 0537 • ACR Convergence 2020
Hip Abductor Strength and Its Association with New or Worsening Knee Pain: The MOST Study
Cara Lewis¹, Neil Segal², Joshua Stefanik³, Xiaoyang Chen⁴, Glenn Williams⁵, Michael Nevitt⁶, Cora Lewis⁷ and David Felson⁸, ¹Boston University, Brookline, MA, ²University of Kansas Medical Center, Iowa City, IA, ³Northeastern University, Boston, MA, ⁴Boston University, Boston, MA, ⁵Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, Orinda, CA, ⁷University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁸Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Hip abductors are important for controlling pelvic orientation and rotation of the femur during gait, both of which affect knee mechanics. Thus hip abductor…
Abstract Number: 0611 • ACR Convergence 2020
Disease Activity and Disability Are Not Associated with Rehabilitation Utilization in African Americans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Louise Thoma¹, Rebecca Cleveland², S. Louis Bridges³, Beth Jonas¹ and Leigh Callahan⁴, ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Mountain Brk, AL, ⁴University of North Carolina Thurston Arthritis Research Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Background/Purpose: Considerable advances in pharmacological care for adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) over the last 25 years have reduced disease activity in individual patients, but…
Abstract Number: 0697 • ACR Convergence 2020
Inferior Tendon Structure and Function Seen in Patients with Achilles Tendinopathy and Neovascularization of the Achilles Tendon
Brian Honick¹, Haraldur Sigurdsson¹ and Karin Silbernagel¹, ¹University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Background/Purpose: In prior research, the incidence rate of neovascularization with Achilles tendinopathy ranged between 47-88% of cases. The purpose of this study was to identify…
Abstract Number: 0698 • ACR Convergence 2020
Baseline Factors Are Not Associated with Rehabilitation Dose over Six Months Among Adults with RA
Louise Thoma¹, Elizabeth Wellsandt², Kristin Wipfler³ and Kaleb Michaud², ¹University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Functional limitation is common in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Rehabilitation services, like physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT), are effective in improving…
Abstract Number: 2166 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Multimodal Edema Management After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Pilot Study
Joel Carmichael¹, Michael Bade ¹ and Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley ¹, ¹University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
Background/Purpose: The ideal treatment of swelling after TKA is unclear. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility and initial efficacy of…
Abstract Number: 2600 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
‘If You Don’t Use It, You Lose It’: Rehabilitation of Finger Dexterity and Ability to Perform Activities of Daily Living in Systemic Sclerosis
Elena Eusterwiemann¹, Marina Anderson ², Mark Robinson ¹ and Gabor Barton ¹, ¹Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ²Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool
Background/Purpose: Hand involvement due to increased skin thickness and skin collagen content is one of the first manifestations of systemic sclerosis (SSc) leading to a…
Abstract Number: 2110 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Who Will Achieve Individually Set Goals After Arthritis Team Rehabilitation?
Sofia Hagel¹, Elisabet Lindqvist² and Ann B. I. Bremander³, ¹Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ²Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section for Rheumatology, Lund, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden, ³Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Background/Purpose: To study goal achievement among patients with chronic inflammatory arthritis after arthritis rehabilitation performed in multidisciplinary team rehabilitation programs. Methods: 146 consecutive patients with…

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