Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis
Long-term association between physical activity and global functioning in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: results of a two-year prospective study
Authors' conclusion
Physical activity at moderate level and higher was associated independently with global functioning in axSpA.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA)
- Participants
- 160 patients
- Exposure
- Physical activity levels and ASAS HI
- Outcome
- Longitudinal association between physical activity and global functioning (ASAS HI)
- Follow-up
- 2 years
Methodological detailstwo-year follow-up, generalized estimating equation
- Two-year follow-up
- Generalized estimating equation
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ASAS HI, longitudinal association with physical activity
- Moderate or higher physical activity independently associated with ASAS HI in multivariate analysis (good global functioning)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Univariate predictors of ASAS HI · 2 years
- Moderate or higher physical activity, Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) and syndesmophyte number longitudinally associated with ASAS HI
Stratified by r-axSpA and nr-axSpA (subgroups)
- Positive association between physical activity and global functioning in both groups
Physical activity subtype
- Only recreational activity, not work- or transport-related, independently longitudinally related to ASAS HI
Original publication
Long-term association between physical activity and global functioning in patients with axial spondyloarthritis: results of a two-year prospective study. Scand J Rheumatol. Published 24 July 2024. doi:10.
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