Avaliação colonoscópica em pacientes com espondilite anquilosante
Introdução: Pacientes com espondilite anquilosante podem apresentar-se com lesões inflamatórias intestinais, e, por isso, deve ser definido o uso da colonoscopia para tais pacientes.
Haim Cesar Maleh +4 more
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AB1307 STUDY OF CONCORDANCE AND EQUIVALENCE AMONG BARTHEL, LAWTON, HAQ AND BASFI QUESTIONNAIRES IN RHEUMATOID AND SPONDYLOARTHRITIS PATIENTS [PDF]
Background: Assessment of functional capacity of patients is usually performed using disease-specific questionnaires for rheumatoid arthritis (HAQ) and for axial spondyloarthropathies (BASFI). However, frequently non disease-specific, general indexes such as Barthel and Lawton-Brody (LB) are used to establish disability in legal environtments and in ...
Miguel Angel Belmonte Serrano +3 more
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Improvement in pain intensity, spine stiffness, and mobility during a controlled individualized physiotherapy program in ankylosing spondylitis [PDF]
Physical therapy in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is important for maintaining or improving mobility, fitness, functioning, and global health. It also plays a role in the prevention and management of structural deformities.
András, Anita +4 more
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Background Previously, many studies have evaluated quality of life (QoL) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), however, none of them specifically investigated the correlation between pain-related disability measured by Oswestry Disability Index ...
Ji-chen Huang +7 more
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Increasing smoking intensity is associated with increased disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis. [PDF]
A history of ever-smoking appears to be associated with a more severe disease phenotype in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). However, evidence is sparse for the effect of increased smoking exposure on disease outcomes or whether smoking reduction or ...
Challoner, B +4 more
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POS0999 HIGH CORRELATIONS BETWEEN QUESTION 1 & 2 OF THE BASFI: AN OPPORTUNITY TO STREAMLINE THE BASFI [PDF]
M. Maclean, S. Maguire, F.B. O'shea
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Patient-reported outcomes in European spondyloarthritis patients: a systematic review of the literature [PDF]
Objective: This review aims to summarize the current literature on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in spondyloarthritis (SpA). Patients and methods: We performed a systematic literature review to identify studies (original articles and narrative and ...
Blanch, Carles +4 more
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Prevalence of fibromyalgia in patients with ankylosing spondylitis
Introduction: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the peripheral and axial skeletal system, causing pain, arthritis, low back pain and functional incapacity.
Aref Hosseinian Amiri, Omid Sedighi
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Outcome measures in ankylosing spondylitis [PDF]
Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic and progressive disease involving predominantly the axial skeleton. It is insidious and potentially debilitating, compromising the quality of life of patients suffering from the disease.
Ciconelli, Rozana Mesquita [UNIFESP] +1 more
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ObjectiveThis study aims to determine whether the genetic polymorphisms of IL-12B gene is a susceptibility factor to Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in mainland Han Chinese population.MethodEight single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (rs10045431, rs11167764,
Li Zhang +15 more
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