rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spine involvement Archives

Abstract Number: 1061 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
How Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Affect Development of Upper Cervical Lesions? a Retrospective Study of Cervical Spine X-Rays Combined with a Cohort Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Osamu Ishida^1,2, Katsunori Ikari³, Eisuke Inoue³, Atsuo Taniguchi⁴, Shigeki Momohara¹ and H. Yamanaka³, ¹Orthopedics, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Orthopedics, Kyoto City Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, ³Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose It is believed that 40% to 80% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have cervical spine lesions. In particular, atlantoaxial subluxation (AAS) and vertical…
Abstract Number: 401 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Association of Anti-Thyroid Autoantibodies with Fibromyalgia in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jowairiyya Ahmad¹, Helena Blumen², Claudene George³, Asha Shrestha⁴ and Clement Tagoe⁵, ¹Geriatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Centre, Bronx, NY, ²Geriatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Geriatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical centre, Bronx, NY, ⁴Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Centre, Bronx, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, Albert Einsetin College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Centre, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose Autoimmune thyroiditis has been linked independently with fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain. We studied how the presence of autoimmune thyroiditis affects the clinical presentation…
Abstract Number: 223 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Risk Factors for Clinical Vertebral Fractures in Japanese Men and Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Large Prospective Observational Cohort Study
Osamu Ishida¹, Takefumi Furuya², Eisuke Inoue³, Kensuke Ochi², Katsunori Ikari², Atsuo Taniguchi⁴, Hisashi Yamanaka² and Shigeki Momohara⁴, ¹Orthopedics, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at high risk of developing vertebral fractures. Previously, utilizing data from our Institute of Rheumatology Rheumatoid Arthritis (IORRA)…

Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spine involvement"

How Does Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Affect Development of Upper Cervical Lesions? a Retrospective Study of Cervical Spine X-Rays Combined with a Cohort Study in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Association of Anti-Thyroid Autoantibodies with Fibromyalgia in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Risk Factors for Clinical Vertebral Fractures in Japanese Men and Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Large Prospective Observational Cohort Study