The effects of combined spa therapy and rehabilitation on patients with ankylosing spondylitis being treated with TNF inhibitors

Rheumatology International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 241-245

  Ciprian, Luca ^a   Lo Nigro, Alessandro ^a   Rizzo, Michela ^a   Gava, Alessandra ^a   Ramonda, Roberta ^a   Punzi, Leonardo ^a   Cozzi, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; BASFI; Mud bath therapy; Rehabilitation in thermal pool

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; INFLIXIMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; BATH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS FUNCTIONAL INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; RELAPSE; SPA TREATMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; BACK PAIN; BALNEOLOGY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUD THERAPY; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; STEAM BATH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872299786     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-2147-9     Document Type: Article

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