Inter-rater reliability of clinical mobility measures in ankylosing spondylitis
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Inter-rater reliability of clinical mobility measures in ankylosing spondylitis
BACKGROUND Several measurements are often used in daily clinical practice in the assessment of Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients. The Assessment in SpondyloArthiritis International Society (ASAS) recommend in its core set: chest expansion modified Schöber test, Occiput to wall distance, lateral lumbar flexion, cervical rotation and The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI). BAS...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-2474
DOI: 10.1186/s12891-016-1242-1