Increased body mass index in ankylosing spondylitis is associated with greater burden of symptoms and poor perceptions of the benefits of exercise

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2310-2314

  Durcan, Laura ^a   Wilson, Fiona ^b   Conway, Richard ^a   Cunnane, Gaye ^a,b   O'Shea, Finbar D ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Control body; Exercise disease; Mass index; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE DURATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENTERITIS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE BENEFITS AND BARRIERS SCALE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; IRITIS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870325525     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.120595     Document Type: Article

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