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Abstracts tagged "Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and range of motion"

  • Abstract Number: 647 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Validation of a New Electronic Spinal Mobility Index for Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Based on Inertial Motion Unit (IMU) Sensors

    Philip Gardiner1, Dawn Small2, Eithne Boyle2, Ann Marie Conlon2, José António P. da Silva3, Joan Condell4, Antonio Cuesta-Vargas5, Eduardo Collantes-Estévez6 and Juan Luis Garrido-Castro7, 1Rheumatology, Western Health and Social Care Trust, Londonderry, United Kingdom, 2Western Health and Social Care Trust, Londonderry, United Kingdom, 3Department of rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (SRHUC), Coimbra, Portugal, 4Ulster University, Coleraine, United Kingdom, 5University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, 6Rheumatology service, IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, 7IMIBIC, Cordoba, Spain

    Background/Purpose:  Spinal mobility is a major problem for people with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). The BASMI has been widely used for measuring spinal mobility but it…
  • Abstract Number: 2595 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Using Iphone Compass Application for the Assessment of Cervical Rotation in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

    Gokce Kenar, Berrin Zengin, Handan Yarkan, Pinar Cetin, Ismail Sari, Fatos Onen, Merih Birlik and Nurullah Akkoc, Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Background/Purpose Cervical rotation reflects restriction of mobility in axial disease in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and it can be assessed in several approaches based on the…
  • Abstract Number: 601 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Combined Hip Abduction Angle Measured By  Using Iphone Compass Application; A Novel Measurement Tool to Asses Hip Mobility

    Handan Yarkan, Berrin Zengin, Gokce Kenar, Pinar Cetin, Ismail Sari, Fatos Onen and Nurullah Akkoc, Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Background/Purpose Intermalleolar distance (IMD)  is a component  of the Bath ankylosing spondylitis metrology index (BASMI) and measures abduction of the hips. New generations of smartphones…

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