Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis
One-year effectiveness of long-term exercise therapy in people with axial spondyloarthritis and severe functional limitations
Primary result · Change in PSC1 (0-10)Result — go to the resultMean difference −1.8 95% CI −2.4 to −1.2Authors' conclusion
Long-term, supervised exercise therapy proved more effective than usual care in improving functional disability and physical quality of life in people with axSpA and severe functional limitations.
Study context
- Population
- People with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and severe functional limitations49% female, age 52 (SD 12) years
- Participants
- 214 people
- Comparison
- Long-term personalised supervised exercise therapy vs usual care
- Interventionn = 110
- Usual caren = 104reference
- Primary endpoint
- Change in Patient-Specific Complaints activity ranked 1 (PSC1, 0-10)
- Follow-up
- 52 weeks
Methodological details1:1 randomisation, supervised exercise therapy vs usual care
- 1:1 randomisation
- Supervised exercise therapy vs usual care
Primary result
Change in PSC1 (0-10)
Mean difference
−1.8
95% CI −2.4 to −1.2
Interventionvs Usual care
mean difference −1.8 (95% CI −2.4 to −1.2)
As reported in the abstract
Secondary outcomes
- Treatment uptake in intervention
- 40.5 · mean · SD 15.1 · sessions
Secondary outcomes (PSC2, PSC3, BASFI, 6-min walk test, PROMIS-PF-10, SF-36 PCS) · 52 weeks
- All secondary outcomes except SF-36 MCS significantly greater improvement with intervention; effect sizes
- 0.4 to 0.7
Original publication
One-year effectiveness of long-term exercise therapy in people with axial spondyloarthritis and severe functional limitations. Rheumatology (Oxford). Published 8 June 2024. doi:10.
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