Abstracts tagged "functional status and outcome measures"

Abstract Number: 1542 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Regular Exercise Is Associated With Better Functional Outcomes In Ankylosing Spondylitis
Lianne S. Gensler¹, John D. Reveille², MinJae Lee³, Mohammad Rahbar⁴, Manouchehr Ardjomand-Hessabi⁵, Matthew A. Brown⁶, Michael H. Weisman⁷ and Michael M. Ward⁸, ¹Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ³Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁵Medicine, The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁶Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia, ⁷Rheumatology, Cedars-Sinai Med Ctr, Los Angeles, CA, ⁸Bldg 10 CRC Rm 4-1339, NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Exercise and physical therapy are the cornerstones of non-pharmacologic therapy in Ankylosing Spondylitis. The long-term association of exercise on function has not been evaluated.…