You have selected the “Allied Health Professionals Abstract ” option.You will therefore submit one or more abstracts in one of the following topics.

PRACTICE AND CLINICAL CARE
A1 Nursing
A2 Psychology / Social sciences
A3 Physiotherapy
A4 Occupational therapy
A5 Miscellaneous forms of clinical care

CLINICAL TOPICS BY DISEASE
08. Rheumatoid Arthritis - prognosis, predictors and outcome
09. Rheumatoid arthritis - comorbidity and clinical aspects
10. Rheumatoid Arthritis - anti TNF therapy
11. Rheumatoid arthritis - other biologic treatment
12. Rheumatoid Arthritis - non biologic treatment
13. SLE, Sjögren's and APS - treatment
14. SLE, Sjögren's and APS - clinical aspects (other than treatment)
15. Vasculitis
16. Scleroderma, Myositis and related syndromes

17. Spondylarthropathies - treatment
18. Spondylarthropathies - clinical aspects (other than treatment)
19. Psoriatic Arthritis
20. Osteoarthritis
21. Osteoporosis
22. Bone diseases other than osteoporosis, metabolic diseases and crystal diseases
23. Infection-related rheumatic diseases
24. Fibromyalgia
25. Back pain, mechanical musculoskeletal problems, local soft tissue disorders
26. Management of pain in rheumatic diseases
27. Paediatric rheumatology
28. Miscellaneous rheumatic diseases

CLINICAL TOPICS BY AREA OF RESEARCH
29. Diagnostics and imaging procedures
30. Epidemiology, Health Services and Outcome research
31. Rehabilitation
32. Education

Allied Health Professional submitting an abstract related to their practice in clinical care are strongly advised to submit into abstract topics A1 – A5. Abstracts on Health Professional research work may alternatively be submitted into one of the other listed topics. Those abstract will then not primarily be reviewed by the Allied Health Professional reviewer team but primarily by the respective scientific topic review team (equivalent to the “Scientific abstract” option).