Abstracts tagged "osteoporosis and physical function"

Abstract Number: 354 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Association Between Bone and Clinical Parameters in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Vladimira Boyadzhieva¹, Mariana Ivanova², Nikolay Stoilov¹, Rumen Stoilov³, Rasho Rashkov⁴, Didier Hans⁵ and Rozier Berengere⁵, ¹Rheumatology, University Hospital (MHAT) St Ivan Rilski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ²University Hospital "St. Iv. Rilski", Clinic of Rheumatology, Sofia, Bulgaria, ³University Hospital (MHAT) St Ivan Rilski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, MHAT Sveti Ivan Rilski, Sofia, Bulgaria, ⁵Center of Bone Diseases, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory rheumatological disease of unknown origin that primarily affects the axial skeleton, including the sacroiliac joints and spine,…