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The effect(s) of a six-week home-based exercise program on the respiratory muscle and functional status in ankylosing spondylitis
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (JCR), 03/11/09

Ortancil O et al. - A home-based exercise program can have an effect on some measures respiratory muscle and functional status. Greater emphasis should be placed on maintaining cardiorespiratory fitness as well as spinal mobility to encourage patients with Ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

Methods

Study to determine the effects of a 6-wk home-based exercise program on the respiratory muscle and energy cost in AS
22 pts; chest expansion, tragus-wall distance, modified Schober test, maximal inspiratory pressure, maximal expiratory pressure, 6-min walking distance, physiologic cost were measured at baseline and repeated at the end of an open 6-wk home-based exercise program
Breathing exercises and upper extremity exercises were taught to all pts
The pts were then asked to practice these exercises at home individually for 6 wks

Results

Chest expansion, maximal inspiratory pressure, and maximal expiratory pressure values and BASFI scores of pts increased after 6 wks
Six-min walking distance and physiologic cost index values did not change at the end of the 6 wks

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