Dr. Dennis C Ang M.D.
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
MEDICAL CENTER BLVD WINSTON SALEM NC, 27157About
Dr. Dennis Ang is a rheumatologist practicing in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Ang specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Ang treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
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- Impact of pain severity and location on health-related quality of life.
- Predictors of incident chronic widespread pain among veterans following the first Gulf War.
- An exploratory study of primary care physician decision making regarding total joint arthroplasty.
- Understanding ethnic disparities in the use of total joint arthroplasty: application of the health belief model.
- Factorial invariance found in survey instrument measuring arthritis-related
- Clinical appropriateness and not race predicted referral for joint arthroplasty.
- Validity and reliability of community health activities model program for seniors and short-form international physical activity questionnaire as physical activity assessment tools in patients with fibromyalgia.
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy attenuates nociceptive responding in patients with fibromyalgia: a pilot study.
- The Pragmatic-Explanatory Continuum Indicator Summary (PRECIS) instrument was useful for refining a randomized trial design: experiences from an investigative team.
- Research to Encourage Exercise for Fibromyalgia (REEF): use of motivational interviewing design and method.
- Association of nociceptive responsivity with clinical pain and the moderating effect of depression.
- MCP-1 and IL-8 as pain biomarkers in fibromyalgia: a pilot study.
- Effect of moderate to vigorous physical activity on long-term clinical outcomes and pain severity in fibromyalgia.
- Trajectory of change in pain, depression, and physical functioning after physical activity adoption in fibromyalgia.
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