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Educational exercise programs had positive effect on patients with ankylosing spondylitis
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Patients with ankylosing spondylitis who underwent educational exercise programs had improved functional status, activation of disease, well-being and quality of life, according to recently published data.
Meliha Kasapoglu Aksoy, MD, at the University of Health Sciences in Turkey, and colleagues compared an educational exercise program with a routine department exercise program for 41 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). At baseline and after 3 months, researchers assessed Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Global (BAS-G), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI), chest expansion, SF-36, Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life Scale (ASQoL) and laboratory parameters.
In the educational exercise group, researchers found significant improvements in BASFI (2.88 vs. 1.76); BASDAI (3.52 vs. 2.74); BAS-G (6.25 vs. 4.7); chest expansion (2.62 vs. 2.87); and SF-36 physical function (66.6 vs. 80.2), as well as the other SF-36 parameters and ASQoL (8.3 vs. 5.3) at the end of the, none of which improved significantly in the control group. However, there was no difference in BASMI.
“Moreover, the results suggest that recommending physical exercise without an education program is not effective,” Aksoy and colleagues wrote. “They also show that education programs should be within the routine treatment program for AS.” – by Will Offit
Disclosure: The researchers report no relevant financial disclosures.
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