| Disability motivates patients with ankylosing spondylitis for more frequent physical exercise. | |
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PMID: 12638106 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether patients with ankylosing spondylitis who perform disease-specific exercises more frequently have fewer functional limitations and disability than those who exercise more often. DESIGN: Cross-sectional; retrospective chart review. SETTING: Rehabilitation center in Austria. PARTICIPANTS: A sample of 1,500 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (1,163 men, 337 women; mean age +/- standard deviation, 50+/-12 y; disease duration, 21+/-11 y) grouped by how many times per week they performed disease-specific exercises for at least 5 minutes: group A (n=542), less than 1 time; group B (n=691), 1 to 3 times; and group C (n=267), more than 3 times. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-report of exercise frequency and a German version of the Health Assessment Questionnaire for the spondyloarthropathies (HAQ-S). RESULTS: The HAQ-S showed significant differences among the groups (analysis of variance on ranks, P<.001). In pairwise multiple comparison, group A showed significantly less disability (median, 0.5; interquartile range [IQR], 0.2-0.8) than group B (median, 0.6; IQR, 0.3-0.9) or group C (median, 0.7; IQR, 0.3-1.0). CONCLUSION: Patients with less disability exercised less than their more disabled counterparts. The reasons for this difference, particularly the issue of motivation, deserve more attention. |
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Authors:
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Albrecht Falkenbach |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation Volume: 84 ISSN: 0003-9993 ISO Abbreviation: Arch Phys Med Rehabil Publication Date: 2003 Mar |
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Created Date: 2003-03-14 Completed Date: 2003-03-27 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985158R Medline TA: Arch Phys Med Rehabil Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 382-3 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Copyright 2003 by the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
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Gasteiner Heilstollen Hospital, Bad Gastein-Böckstein, Bad Gastein, Austria. falke@gasteiner-heilstollen.com |
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Austria Chronic Disease Cross-Sectional Studies Disability Evaluation Disabled Persons / psychology* Exercise / psychology* Female Humans Male Middle Aged Motivation* Questionnaires Rehabilitation Centers / statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Spondylitis, Ankylosing / physiopathology, psychology*, rehabilitation* |
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