학술논문
Features of trunk muscle weakness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: A cross-sectional study
Document Type
article
Source
Biomedical Journal, Vol 42, Iss 2, Pp 124-130 (2019)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
2319-4170
Abstract
Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory autoimmune disorder that manifested with sacroiliitis at its early stage and developed extensive inflammation with syndesmophytes of the lumbar, thoracic and cervical spines at its later stage. In the present study, we characterized the trunk isometric strength in patients with AS with different disease severity, defined by the radiological images. Methods: In a cross-sectional study conducted in a university-affiliated hospital, thirty-eight male AS patients (23 in the early AS group whose radiological findings showed no syndesmophyte, Modified Stoke Ankylosing Spinal Score (m-SASSS