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  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Eastern Time
    16S10: It’s Not Just Joint Pain: Demystifying Difficult, Often Neglected Symptoms of Rheumatic Diseases
    Location: Room 146C
    Moderator: Eileen Davidson, -None- – Arthritis Research Canada
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
     CME 1.5 hours
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Eastern Time
    It’s Not Just Joint Pain: Demystifying Difficult, Often Neglected Symptoms of Rheumatic Diseases
    Location: Room 146C
    Panelist: Ayman Askari, MD,MSc,FRCP – The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital
    Panelist: Susan Bartlett, PhD (she/her/hers) – Centre for Outcomes Research & Eval
    Panelist: Elizabeth Cristina Montoya, -None- – Arthritis Dietitian
    Panelist: Daniel Whibley, PhD – University of Michigan
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Time
    16S51: Abstracts: Pain in Rheumatic Disease Including Fibromyalgia
    Location: Room 152A
    Abstract Moderator: Bella Mehta, MD, MS, MBBS – Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
    Abstract Moderator: Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD – Rush University Medical Center
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
     CME 0 hours
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    1:00 PM – 1:15 PM Eastern Time
    0793: Secular Changes in Widespread Pain Across Two Generations: The Framingham Heart Study
    Location: Room 152A
    Presenting Author: David Felson, MD,MPH – Boston University
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern Time
    0794: Social Security Work Disability and Its Predictors in Patients with Fibromyalgia: 25 Years of Followup
    Location: Room 152A
    Presenting Author: Shreena Kamlesh Gandhi, MD, MBBS – KU School of Medicine, Wichita
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Eastern Time
    0795: Prevalence of Post-exertional Malaise (PEM) in Adults with Rheumatic Diseases and Relationship with COVID19 Infection
    Location: Room 152A
    Presenting Author: Kaleb Michaud, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time
    0796: Development and Evaluation of Machine Learning Prediction Models for Hospitalizations Due to Opioid-Related Harms Among New Users with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases
    Location: Room 152A
    Presenting Author: Carlos Raul Ramirez Medina, BSc,MSc (he/him/his) – The University of Manchester
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Eastern Time
    0797: Associations Between Discordance of Disease Activity Indices and Quantitative Sensory Testing Measures of Nociplastic Pain in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Location: Room 152A
    Presenting Author: Clarice Lin, MD – Northwestern University
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    2:15 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Time
    0798: Acute Activation of the Rat Dorsal Root Ganglion Nociceptive Cells by the Serum of Patients Suffering from Fibromyalgia
    Location: Room 152A
    Presenting Author: Laura Aline Martinez-Martinez, PhD – Rheumatology Department National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Saturday, Nov 16th
    4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern Time
    MTP07A: Meet the Professor: Fibromyalgia
    Location: Room 154A
    Seminar Presenter: Daniel Clauw, MD – University of Michigan
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
     CME 1 hours
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Eastern Time
    MTP07B: Meet the Professor: Fibromyalgia
    Location: Room 154A
    Seminar Presenter: Daniel Clauw, MD – University of Michigan
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
     CME 1 hours
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    Pain in Rheumatic Disease Including Fibromyalgia Poster
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
     CME 0 hours
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1212: Childhood Maltreatment Increases Risk of Chronic Widespread Pain: Counterfactual Analysis of UK Biobank
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Gary Macfarlane, MD,PhD,BSc,MBChB,DSc – University of Aberdeen
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1213: High Prevalence of and Medication Use in Musculoskeletal and Chronic Multisite Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Framingham Heart Study
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Tuhina Neogi, MD;PhD (she/her/hers) – Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1214: All-Cause Mortality in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Using Pregabalin or Duloxetine: A Retrospective Cohort Study in US Veterans
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Sachalee Campbell, MBBS, MPH – University of Miami/ Jackson Health System
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1215: Mortality in US Veterans with Musculoskeletal Conditions Using Cyclobenzaprine or Baclofen
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Maria Intriago, MD – University of Miami
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1216: Subcutaneous Methylnaltrexone Treatment of Opioid-Induced Constipation in Adults with Rheumatic Conditions
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Rowe Brookfield, PharmD – Salix Pharmaceuticals
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1217: Medical and Non-Medical Cannabis Use by Rheumatology Patients: A Study of over 2000 Patients in California
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Veena Ranganath, MD,MS – UCLA
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1218: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Confirmatory Phase 3 Trial of Bedtime Sublingual Cyclobenzaprine (TNX-102 SL) in Fibromyalgia
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Seth Lederman, MD – Tonix Pharmaceuticals, Inc
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1219: Association Between Fibromyalgia and Serum Levels of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor: A Meta-Analysis
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Osama Al Zoubi, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1220: Fibromyalgia's Under-Representation in Rheumatology Literature: A Ten-Year Analysis of Disease-Specific Article Distribution
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Osama Al Zoubi, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1221: Efficacy of Immersive Virtual Reality-based Biofeedback on Chronic Pain and Daily Life Impact in Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Simone Longhino, MD (he/him/his) – Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Udine
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1222: Large Language Model-driven Sentiment Analysis for Facilitating Fibromyalgia Diagnosis
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Florenzo Iannone, MD;PhD – Rheumatology Unit- University of Bari "Aldo Moro", IT
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1223: Community Based Study of Prevalence and Social Factors for Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia in Women from Western India
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Sandeep Kansurkar, MD, DM (he/him/his) – Bharti vidyapeeth (DTU) Medical College, Pune
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1224: Occupational Stress and Fibromyalgia Among Healthcare Professionals in Abu Dhabi Region, United Arab Emirates: A Cross-sectional Study
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Shamma Al Nokhatha, MD (she/her/hers) – Tawam hospital
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1225: Fibromyalgia as a Potential Initial Presentation for Autoimmune Conditions
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Qi Wang, MD – Metrohealth System/Case Western Reserve University
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1226: The Problem of Pain in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Comprehensive Analysis of Pain Distribution Using the CHOIR Body Map and PROMIS Measures
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Titilola Falasinnu, PhD – Stanford School of Medicine
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1227: Longitudinal Patterns of Fibromyalgia Phenotypes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Brooke Cohen, BA, PA – NYU Langone Health
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1228: Central Pain Mechanisms and Physical Function in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Burcu Aydemir, PhD – Northwestern University
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1229: Frequency of Fibromyalgia Using Validated Measures in a Sample of Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Impact on Disease: A Cross-Sectional Multinational Study
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Avin Maroof, MD,DO,MSc,MBChB – University of Kurdistan Hawler
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1230: Mediating Role of Pain Catastrophizing in Racial Disparities in Knee Osteoarthritis Pain Among Non-Hispanic White and Asian Americans: A Pilot Study
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Chiyoung Lee, PhD, RN (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona College of Nursing
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1231: Exploring Long-term Complications of Lyme Disease - Insights from a Retrospective Cohort Study
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Rafal Ali, MD – Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Sunday, Nov 17th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
    1323: Drug Abuse Screening in Patients Who Fulfill the 2016 Fibromyalgia Criteria
    Abstract Poster Presenter: Laura Aline Martinez-Martinez, PhD – Rheumatology Department National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Monday, Nov 18th
    1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Time
    18M35: Inferno Within: The Role of Sensory Systems in Immune-Induced Exaggerated Pain
    Location: Room 146C
    Moderator: Apkar Apkarian, PhD – Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
    Moderator: Anne-Marie Malfait, MD, PhD – Rush University Medical Center
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
     CME 1.5 hours
  • Monday, Nov 18th
    1:00 PM – 1:30 PM Eastern Time
    Emerging Role of CRAC in Neuropathic Pain and Inflammation
    Location: Room 146C
    Speaker: Murali Prakriya, PhD – Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Monday, Nov 18th
    1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Eastern Time
    Gene Signatures Associated with Sensory Nerve Growth and Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Location: Room 146C
    Speaker: Dana Orange, MD – The Rockefeller University
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders
  • Monday, Nov 18th
    2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Eastern Time
    Novel Peptide Kv1.3 Channel Blocker to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
    Location: Room 146C
    Speaker: Christine Beeton, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine
    Pain syndromes, fibromyalgia and regional musculoskeletal disorders