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Abstracts tagged "functional status and spondylarthritis"

  • Abstract Number: 644 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018

    Influence of Inflammation and Structural Damage on Global Functioning in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis – Using the ASAS Health Index in Routine Care

    Uta Kiltz1, Thomas Wiatr2, Xenofon Baraliakos1, Kirill Fedorov2 and Jürgen Braun3, 1Rheumatology, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, and Ruhr University Bochum, Herne, Germany, 2Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, 3Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Background/Purpose: To investigate the relationship between spinal mobility and self-report global functioning as assessed by the ASAS Health Index (ASAS HI), and to study the…
  • Abstract Number: 2836 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013

    Development of a Health Index in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis (ASAS HI) – Final Result of a Global Initiative Based On the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) Guided By Assesment of Spondyloarthritis International Society (ASAS)

    Uta Kiltz1, Désiréé van der Heijde2, Annelies Boonen3, Alarcos Cieza4, Gerold Stucki5, Muhammad Asim Khan6, Walter P. Maksymowych7, Helena Marzo-Ortega8, John D. Reveille9, Simon Stebbings10, Cristina Bostan11 and Juergen Braun1, 1Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, 2Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands, 4Department of Psychology, University Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, 5University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, 6Medicine/ Rheumatology, Case Western Reserve University Hospital, Cleveland, OH, 7Medicine/Rheumatic Dis Unit, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 8Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit and University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 9Division of Rheumatology, Univ of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 10Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 11Paraplegic Research Unit, Nottwil, Switzerland

    Background/Purpose: The impact of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on a patient’s life can be considerable. Patients suffer from pain, stiffness and fatigue, are limited in their…

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