A Randomised Trial of Three Different Physiotherapy Regimes in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Affiliations:
(1) Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Leeds
Source: Physiotherapy (Impact Factor: 1.91). 02/1996; 82(2):85-90
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)66956-8
Publication date:
1996 Feb
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Copyright: © 1996 Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Language: English
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Correspondence address: P S Helliwell,
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, 36 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9NZ, UK
Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Research Unit, 36 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9NZ, UK
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Article abstract
We randomised 44 patients with ankylosing spondylitis to receive (a) intensive in-patient physiotherapy, (b) out-patient hydrotherapy and home exercises, or (c) home exercises alone. Assessments were made at two time points prior to treatment, immediately after treatment, and two, four and six months after treatment. The hydrotherapy regimes produced significantly better short-term improvement in cervical rotation than the exercise only regime, and both in-patient and hydrotherapy patients reported more subjective improvement. However, at six months, there were no differences in outcomes between the three groups.