Exclusive: ACR Convergence 2024| Focus Rheums

An official publication of the ACR and the ARP serving rheumatologists and rheumatology professionals

Soft Tissue Pain

Diagnosis: Myopathy

Edward C. Smith, MD, and Dwight D. Koeberl, MD, PhD  |  

Presentation and evaluation of metabolic causes

Watch the Walk

Greg Lavine  |  

Gait analysis can improve the walk of patients with arthritis

Reading Rheum

Gail C. Davis, RN, EdD; Michael M. Ward, MD  |  

Handpicked Reviews of Contemporary Literature

Polymyalgia Rheumatica

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Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a relatively common cause of widespread aching and stiffness in older adults. PMR can overlap with another rheumatic disease called giant cell arteritis, and symptoms of the two conditions can occur at the same time or separately. (See p. 12 of the March 2008 issue for more on giant cell arteritis.) The typical symptoms of PMR include aching and stiffness around the upper arms, neck, lower back, buttocks, and thighs. Symptoms tend to develop quickly over a period of several days or weeks, and occasionally even overnight.

Audioconference Offers Advice on Pain Associated with Juvenile Arthritis

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What is the pain puzzle? “It is a bio-psycho social model of pain that is accepted in the field of rheumatology,” according to Michael Rapoff, PhD, professor of pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City and the highlighted speaker for the ARHP audioconference on April 17.

Pain Management Meditations

Gail C. Davis, RN, EdD  |  

Thoughts from a career spent understanding—and alleviating—pain