B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

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Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• describe the indications for ultrasound in rheumatic diseases
• discuss the techniques of ultrasonography
• identify normal and abnormal anatomical structures by
ultrasound imaging
B204
Osteoporosis: Interpreting Dual Energy X-ray
Absorptiometry and Clinical Risk Factors: The New
Fracture Risk Assessment Algorithm (221) PS
Speaker: Stuart L. Silverman, MD; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
University of California-Los Angeles; Beverly Hills, CA
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• determine how to combine bone mineral density and clinical
risk factors in determination of absolute risk
• discuss the concept of intervention threshold used in National
Osteoporosis Foundation guidelines
• review International Society for Clinical Densitometry
guidelines for DXA interpretation
• create a report for bone densitometry results
B206
Peripheral Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Clinical
Rheumatology (222)
Speakers: Ewa Olech, MD; Oklahoma Medical Research
Foundation; Oklahoma City, OK
Orrin M. Troum, MD; University of Southern California, Keck
School of Medicine; Santa Monica, CA
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• discuss the logistics of implementation of peripheral MRI in
the outpatient setting
• review the merits and pitfalls of this technology
findings, clinicians and public health practitioners have been
recommending participation in exercise programs for people
with arthritis.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• identify the health-related benefits of physical activity
programs for people with arthritis
• describe the evidence that supports the value of physical
activity programs for people with arthritis
• identify challenges and rewards in working with communities
to conduct physical activity intervention trials
• define the need for ongoing physical activity opportunities
and choices for people with arthritis
• discuss recommendations for forming and using community
partnerships to disseminate physical activity interventions
ACR Clinical Symposium
11:00 am - 12:30 PM
Hall A3
Curbside Consults - Ask the Professors
cP PM PS ARS
Moderator: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD; The Cleveland Clinic
Foundation; Cleveland, OH
11:00 am
Vasculitis
John H. Stone, MD, MPH; Massachusetts General Hospital;
Sudbury, MA
11:30 am
Osteoporosis
Kenneth G. Saag, MD, MSc; University of Alabama-Birmingham;
Birmingham, AL
ARHP General Session II
10:45 - 11:45 am
B313
ARHP Distinguished Lecturer c/r PS
Moderator: Janet L. Poole, PhD, OTR; University of New Mexico;
Albuquerque, NM
Speaker: Leigh F. Callahan, PhD; University of North
Carolina; Chapel Hill, NC
Session Overview:
Numerous studies have shown that engaging in physical
activity is beneficial for people with arthritis and physical
activity programs have been developed specifically for people
with arthritis. However, less than 1 percent of Americans with
arthritis have enrolled in or participated in these programs.
Although persons with arthritis tend to be less fit than their
peers without this condition, studies have demonstrated that
persons with arthritis can safely participate in appropriate
exercise programs to improve their cardiovascular fitness,
muscular strength, psychosocial status, and functional status.
The surgeon general’s report on physical activity and health
indicated that exercise programs of moderate intensity
are effective in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis or
osteoarthritis. On the basis of this report and other research
12:00 PM
Rheumatic Therapeutics
Iain B. McInnes, PhD; University of Glasgow; Glasgow, United
Kingdom
Session Overview:
This session focuses on discussing difficult management
decisions that must be made in the absence of strong data.
Approaches are discussed that employ the synthesis of
published evidence and clinical experience. The topics were
chosen following discussion with clinicians practicing in different
environments, and input was solicited from the Annual Meeting
Planning Committee members and the ACR membership, asking
for suggestion of specific topics or case vignettes that pose
particularly difficult treatment decision. Attendees will compare
their personal management approaches regarding selected
clinical problems with those of academic expert consultants and
other clinicians in the audience.
Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
• compare their personal management approaches to selected
clinical problems with those of the presenters
• develop an approach to treating patients experiencing
relapses in giant cell arteritis or Wegener’s granulomatosis
• describe therapeutic choices in patients with persistent pain
following vertebral compression fractures
• discuss alternative options in patients with anti-TNF therapy
exacerbated psoriasis
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