Quality of life and correlation with clinical and radiographic variables in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a retrospective case series study

Quality of life and correlation with clinical and radiographic variables in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: a retrospective case series study

Abstract 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 (ODI) and QoL in AS patients. In addit...

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Main Authors: Ji-chen Huang, Bang-ping Qian, Yong Qiu, Bin Wang, Yang Yu, Ze-Zhang Zhu, Jun Hu, Zhe Qu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Ankylosing spondylitis
Clinical variables
Radiographic variables
Quality of life
Oswestry disability index
Physical function
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-017-1711-1

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