Do patients with ankylosing spondylitis have poorer balance than normal subjects?

Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 497-500

  Murray, H C ^a,b   Elliott, C ^a   Barton, S E ^b   Murray, A ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Balance; Magnetometry; Posture; Sway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION;

EID: 0034038603     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/39.5.497     Document Type: Article

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