Purpose. To measure disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) based on a composite
score of domains relevant to patients and clinicians, including both selfreported items and …

The association between smoke habit and autoimmunity has been hypothesized a long time
ago. Smoke has been found to play a pathogenic role in certain autoimmune disease as it …

Objectives To investigate the association of smoking with various clinical, functional and
imaging outcomes in patients with early axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). Methods 647 patients …

Objectives Locked-in syndrome (LIS) consists of anarthria and quadriplegia while
consciousness is preserved. Classically, vertical eye movements or blinking allow coded …

Background Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) begins early in life and often leads to reduced
physical function, but less is known about the impacts it has on health-related quality of life …

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a complex systemic rheumatological disease which often
causes severe disability and impaired quality of life (QoL). We searched the …

Introduction Physical activity (PA) has been receiving increasing interest in recent years as
an adjuvant therapy for autoimmune rheumatic disease (ARDs), but there is scarce …

Purpose The main purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate the impact of ankylosing
spondylitis on the health-related quality of life assessed by the Medical Outcomes Short …

Abstract The Ankylosing Spondylitis Quality of Life (ASQoL) questionnaire is a disease-
specific measure of needs-based quality of life developed in the UK and the Netherlands …

Objective. The Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) and the Spondyloarthritis
Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) have collaborated to update the …