Objective Evaluation of Physical Functioning after Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitory Therapy in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Selection of 3 Feasible Performance-based Tests.

CONCLUSION: The 3 selected tests are recommended for use in daily practice because they generate information comparable to the full set. They are reliable and feasible, and the combination of these tests showed improved physical functioning after TNFi therapy in 67% of the patients. Evaluation of physical functioning might be improved by adding these tests to other AS outcome measures.
PMID: 25593234 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: J Rheumatol - January 15, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: van Weely SF, Dekker J, Steultjens MP, van Denderen JC, Nurmohamed MT, Dijkmans BA, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research