The Lingering Health Challenge: Addressing Obesity in Axial Spondyloarthritis.
Brona DinneenFinbar D O'SheaPublished in: The Journal of rheumatology (2023)
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that primarily affects the axial skeleton, including the spine and sacroiliac joints. 1 It encompasses both nonradiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA) and radiographic axSpA (also known as ankylosing spondylitis [AS]), the latter characterized by radiographic evidence of sacroiliitis. 2 .