Clinically Relevant Deficits in Performance Tests in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis.

Uta KiltzEerik P AhomaaSalima F E van WeelyDavid Kiefer Bjoern Bühring Xenofon Baraliakos Jüergen Braun

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2022)

Many patients with axSpA had impairments in physical performance tests. Importantly, this was frequently seen in tasks requiring coordination and muscle power of the lower extremity. Performance tests provide qualitatively different information than BASFI and BASMI assessments in patients with axSpA.

Keyphrases

physical activity
mental health
skeletal muscle
working memory
ankylosing spondylitis
health information
social media
upper limb