The Rheumatologist
COVID-19 NewsACR Convergence
  • Connect with us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Feed
  • Home
  • Conditions
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • SLE (Lupus)
    • Crystal Arthritis
      • Gout Resource Center
    • Spondyloarthritis
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Soft Tissue Pain
    • Scleroderma
    • Vasculitis
    • Systemic Inflammatory Syndromes
    • Guidelines
  • Resource Centers
    • Axial Spondyloarthritis Resource Center
    • Gout Resource Center
    • Psoriatic Arthritis Resource Center
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis Resource Center
    • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Resource Center
  • Drug Updates
    • Biologics & Biosimilars
    • DMARDs & Immunosuppressives
    • Topical Drugs
    • Analgesics
    • Safety
    • Pharma Co. News
  • Professional Topics
    • Ethics
    • Legal
    • Legislation & Advocacy
    • Career Development
      • Certification
      • Education & Training
    • Awards
    • Profiles
    • President’s Perspective
    • Rheuminations
    • Interprofessional Perspective
  • Practice Management
    • Billing/Coding
    • Quality Assurance/Improvement
    • Workforce
    • Facility
    • Patient Perspective
    • Electronic Health Records
    • Apps
    • Information Technology
    • From the College
    • Multimedia
      • Audio
      • Video
  • Resources
    • Issue Archives
    • ACR Convergence
      • Gout Resource Center
      • Axial Spondyloarthritis Resource Center
      • Psoriatic Arthritis
      • Abstracts
      • Meeting Reports
      • ACR Convergence Home
    • American College of Rheumatology
    • ACR ExamRheum
    • Research Reviews
    • ACR Journals
      • Arthritis & Rheumatology
      • Arthritis Care & Research
      • ACR Open Rheumatology
    • Rheumatology Image Library
    • Treatment Guidelines
    • Rheumatology Research Foundation
    • Events
  • About Us
    • Mission/Vision
    • Meet the Authors
    • Meet the Editors
    • Contribute to The Rheumatologist
    • Subscription
    • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Search
You are here: Home / Search for "rotator cuff"

Search results for: rotator cuff

Lipids, Statin Treatment Linked to Revision Rate After Rotator Cuff Repair

August 19, 2017 • By Will Boggs, MD

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Elevated lipid levels are associated with an increased revision-surgery rate after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, while statin use appears to mitigate that increase, according to a database review. “[Although] it supported our hypothesis, we found it interesting to finally demonstrate a link between hyperlipidemia and rotator cuff-repair failure resulting in revision surgery… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: Joint Surgery, lipids, rotator cuff, Statin, surgery

Similar Outcomes with Early or Late Mobilization After Rotator Cuff Repair

February 6, 2017 • By Rita Buckley

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Early or late mobilization after rotator cuff surgery appears to yield similar outcomes, according to a new meta-analysis. Dr. Bruno Fles Mazuquin from the University of Central Lancashire in the U.K., and colleagues conducted an overview of systematic reviews comparing the effectiveness of early and conservative rehabilitation after rotator cuff repair. The… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: joint mobilization, mobilization, Physical Therapy, rotator cuff, shoulder, surgery

Ultrasound May Be Useful for Grading Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

August 1, 2016 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

Researchers have developed procedures and assessed their efficacy for the use of ultrasound images to measure the inter-rater reliability of the measurement of structural changes in the tendon of patients with supraspinatus tendinopathy. The standardized procedures proved useful in evaluating patients…... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Systemic Inflammatory Syndromes Tagged With: imaging, rotator cuff, shoulder, shoulder pain, supraspinatus tendinopathy, Tendinopathy, Ultrasound

Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapy May Treat Degenerative Tendinopathies & Pain

April 18, 2016 • By Lara C. Pullen, PhD

A recent small-scale study showed that patients who received platelet-rich plasma therapy for tendon healing experienced clinically important improvements in pain and disability compared with placebo. Additionally, MRI showed that some participants had improvement in the pathoanatomy of the rotator cuff six months after treatment…... [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: platelet-rich plasma, rotator cuff, Sports, tendon

How to Diagnose Upper Extremity Injuries

February 13, 2020 • By Mike Fillon

ATLANTA—Two ways to investigate injuries to the upper extremities are by in-depth physical examinations and ultrasound. In a Clinical Practice session at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting, Anatomy: Correlating Physical Exam and Ultrasound in Common Sports Injuries of the Upper Extremity, Carlin Senter, MD, FACP, associate professor of primary care sports medicine at the University… [Read More]

Filed Under: 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting, Conditions Tagged With: diagnostic imaging, physical exam, sports medicine, Ultrasound, upper extremity injuries

Can Integrated Care Lead to Better Outcomes?

December 17, 2018 • By Shikha Mittoo, MD, MHS, FRCPC

Can Integrated Care Lead to Better Outcomes?

A typical patient with a rheumatic disease needs a multifaceted treatment approach to address comorbidities, minimize disability, promote quality of life and improve survival. To achieve these outcomes, rheumatology research has evolved from examining a single treatment to studying the best treatment approaches. Examples of these strategy trials include how to best combine pharmaceutical therapies,… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP), Integrated Care, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary care

Tips for Diagnosing & Treating Shoulder & Low Back Pain

March 17, 2018 • By Thomas R. Collins

SAN DIEGO—At two sports medicine talks at the 2017 ACR/ARHP 2017 Annual Meeting last November, two rheumatologists discussed shoulder impingement and low back pain. First, Andrew Concoff, MD, a rheumatology and sports medicine specialist at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif., gave these five shoulder impingement tips: Physical exams may not be very useful… [Read More]

Filed Under: Meeting Reports, Soft Tissue Pain Tagged With: ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, low back pain, shoulder pain

New Rheumatology Disease Research & Advice

February 17, 2018 • By Thomas R. Collins

SAN DIEGO—Top researchers gathered for a review course at the start of the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in November to describe new research, their own treatment strategies and new ways of thinking about an array of rheumatic diseases. Here are the highlights: Raynaud’s & Other Digit Problems When a patient walks into your clinic with… [Read More]

Filed Under: Meeting Reports, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma, Spondyloarthritis, Vasculitis Tagged With: ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, adhesive capsulitis, ANCA, axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), diabetes, Dry eye, Ethics, lung disease, meniscus surgery, Osteoarthritis, Raynaud's, red eye, Rheumatoid arthritis, scleritis, Vasculitis

Does MRI Differentiate Osteoarthritis and Meniscal Tear in Knee Pain?

December 19, 2017 • By Kelly April Tyrrell

When a young patient arrives at a clinic complaining of knee pain with clicking or popping, a meniscal tear is often the culprit. “In young [people], there’s a pretty classic presentation of meniscal tear, with clicking and other mechanical symptoms, because the tear rubs up against different tissues,” says Jeffrey Katz, MD, MSc, a rheumatologist… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions Tagged With: ACR Journal Review, American College of Rheumatology, Arthritis Care & Research, Diagnosis, joint, knee pain, meniscal tear, meniscus, Osteoarthritis, patient care, Research, rheumatologist, rheumatology, Risk Factors, study

Predictive Value of Imaging Studied for Calcium Crystal Deposition in Rheumatic Diseases

September 17, 2017 • By Thomas R. Collins

MADRID—Calcification in osteoarthritis (OA) involves a series of pathways and interactions that feed off each other in a process that bears some resemblance to the transformation of cartilage to bone that takes place in the embryonic stage of human development, a researcher said here at the 2017 Annual European Congress on Rheumatology (EULAR). “My hypothesis… [Read More]

Filed Under: Conditions, Crystal Arthritis, Osteoarthritis Tagged With: 2017 EULAR Congress, Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, calcification, calcium, calcium pyrophosphate, crystal, Diagnosis, imaging, Osteoarthritis, radiography, Research, ultrasonography, X-ray

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • Next Page »

Meeting Abstracts

Browse and search abstracts from the ACR Convergence and ACR/ARP Annual Meetings going back to 2012.

Visit the Abstracts site »

American College of Rheumatology

Visit the official website for the American College of Rheumatology.

Visit the ACR »

Simple Tasks

Learn more about the ACR’s public awareness campaign and how you can get involved. Help increase visibility of rheumatic diseases and decrease the number of people left untreated.

Visit the Simple Tasks site »

The Rheumatologist newsmagazine reports on issues and trends in the management and treatment of rheumatic diseases. The Rheumatologist reaches 11,500 rheumatologists, internists, orthopedic surgeons, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and other healthcare professionals who practice, research, or teach in the field of rheumatology.

About Us / Contact Us / Advertise / Privacy Policy / Terms of Use / Cookie Preferences

  • Connect with us:
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • YouTube
  • Feed

Copyright © 2006–2023 American College of Rheumatology. All rights reserved.

ISSN 1931-3268 (print)
ISSN 1931-3209 (online)