Spinal mobility in the cervical and lumbar spine correlates with magnetic resonance imaging findings for inflammatory and structural changes in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis.

CONCLUSIONS: Detailed assessments indicated baseline spinal mobility impairment in patients with active AS correlated weakly with MRI-detected lumbar spinal inflammation; correlations with chronic, structural damage/changes were very weak. Improved, less variable MRI and spinal metrology assessments are needed for future clinical research. PMID: 32242806 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research