Relation between chest expansion, pulmonary function, and exercise tolerance in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
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Relation between chest expansion, pulmonary function, and exercise tolerance in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
Thirty three patients with definite ankylosing spondylitis (AS) were examined to establish the relation between restriction of chest expansion, limitation of lung function, and working capacity or exercise tolerance. As in previous studies there was a significant association between chest expansion and lung vital capacity. There was also a significant association between vital capacity and exer...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.49.11.921