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The correlation of ASAS Health Index and scales assessing general health status, disease activity, functional capacity, spinal mobility, and quality of life in Turkish patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Gülhane Tıp Dergisi
Aims: We aimed to investigate whether the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society Health Index (ASAS HI) correlates with scales assessing overall health status, disease activity, spinal mobility, quality of life, and functional capacity in ...
Muhammed Canbaş, Hasan Elden, Ece Kaptanoğlu   +2 more
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Physiotherapy In Ankylosing Spondylitis

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018
Balcerska Kamila, Bielejewska Marta, Gąsior Paulina, Wrzesiński Bartłomiej. Physiotherapy in ankylosing spondylitis. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(9):1576-1583 eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1438093 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6094 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/879772
Kamila Balcerska, Marta Bielejewska, Paulina Gąsior, Bartłomiej Wrzesiński   +3 more
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Quantification of paravertebral cross-sectional muscle areas and fatty degeneration and their correlation with clinical parameters in ankylosing spondylitis: a comprehensive analysis [PDF]

ARP Rheumatology
Aims: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the spine and joints. This study aimed to examine the multifidus (MF) and erector spinae (ES) muscles in AS patients using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to ...
Selçuk Akkaya, Gonca Sağlam Akkaya, Serpil Demirulus, Hanife Baykal Şahin, Gamze Kılıç, Erhan Çapkın, Murat Karkucak   +6 more
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Erectile dysfunction in ankylosing spondylitis patients

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Background Rheumatic diseases such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS) may be associated with sexual dysfunction. Aim To study erectile function of a group of Brazilian AS patients comparing them with controls.
Thiago Santana, Thelma Skare, Vitor Steil Delboni, Juliana Simione, Ana Paula B. Campos, Renato Nisihara   +5 more
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Quality of life in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in Duhok government, Kurdistan of Iraq

Advanced Medical Journal
Background and objectives: Spondylarthritis is a broad spectrum of chronic inflammatory diseases, and one of its of phenotypes is ankylosing spondylitis.
Nahida Zuber Ali, Muhammed Tahir Rasool   +1 more
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Causal relationship between gut microbiota and ankylosing spondylitis and potential mediating role of inflammatory cytokines: A mendelian randomization study.

PLoS ONE
Associations between gut microbiota and ankylosing spondylitis have been discovered in previous studies, but whether these associations reflect a causal relationship remains inconclusive. Aiming to reveal the bidirectional causal associations between gut
Xinyu Du, Haibo Li, Hongzhou Zhao, Shuangshuang Cui, Xiaozhuo Sun, Xiaochan Tan   +5 more
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Transthoracic Echocardiography findings in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis in Kurdistan region

Advanced Medical Journal
Background and objectives: Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that affecting axial and non-axial joints leads to a loss of mobility and function over time.
Elaf Kamal Abdulwahab, Dashty Abbas Albustany   +1 more
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Geographic Variation in Diagnostic Ability and Quality of Care Metrics: A Case Study of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Low Back Pain

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2017
Studies examining geographic variation in care for low back pain often focus on process and outcome measures conditional on patient diagnosis but generally do not take into account a physician’s ability to diagnose the root cause of low back pain. In our
Jason Shafrin PhD, Jenny Griffith PharmD, Jin Joo Shim MS, Caroline Huber MPH, Arijit Ganguli PhD, MBA, Wade Aubry MD   +5 more
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Is there a relationship between endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms and ankylosing spondylitis?

Clinics
OBJECTIVE: Nitric oxide is produced by endothelial nitric oxide synthase, and its production can be influenced by polymorphisms of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene.
Ismail Sari, Yusuf Ziya Igci, Gercek Can, Ali Taylan, Dilek Solmaz, Bulent Gogebakan, Servet Akar, Zeynep Eslik, Giray Bozkaya, Nurullah Akkoc   +9 more
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Associations of blood cell indices with the risk of ankylosing spondylitis: A retrospective case-control and machine learning modeling study

SAGE Open Medicine
Background: Ankylosing spondylitis often presents with nonspecific symptoms, making the identification of high-risk individuals challenging in clinical practice. Objective: This study aimed to utilize blood cell indices to construct interpretable machine
Rongqing He, Kechang He, Xiaopeng Qin, Jie Ma, Zhuo Chen, Boli Qin, Jiang Xue, Tianyou Chen, Jiarui Chen, Xinli Zhan, Chong Liu   +10 more
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