Short term in-patient rehabilitation in axial spondyloarthritis - the results of a 2-week program performed in daily clinical practice

Table 1 Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), therapist measured outcomes and laboratory data in axial spondyloarthritis patients following a 2-weeks in-patient rehabilitation and training program

	N*	Baseline	2-weeks follow-up	P**
PROMs
BASDAI, 0–10 scale	59	4.3 (2.2)	3.1 (2.1)	<0.001
BASFI, 0–10 scale	57	3.1 (1.9)	2.3 (2.0)	<0.001
Therapist measured outcomes
BASMI, 0–10 scale	87	3.2 (2.4)	2.3 (2.4)	<0.001
Gait velocity, m/s	83	2.2 (0.5)	2.7 (0.6)	<0.001
Timed-stand test, s	86	21.8 (8.1)	15.8 (4.8)	<0.001
Finger-to-floor distance, cm	49	15.1 (14.0)	9.1 (12.7)	<0.001
Finger-to-floor distance, cm	49	11.0 [25.0]	0 [16.0]	<0.001
Chest expansion, cm	46	3.7 (2.2)	4.7 (2.3)	<0.001
Laboratory data
ESR, mm/hr	32	22.6 (23.4)	18.7 (15.3)	0.21
ESR, mm/hr	32	14.0 [17.0]	16.0 [22.8]	0.44
CRP, mg/l	47	10.3 (13.7)	9.3 (10.7)	0.59
CRP, mg/l	47	5.0 [7.1]	4.4 [15.6]	0.71

Data are presented as mean with (standard deviation) and also with median [inter-quartile range] when data distribution were skewed.
* Values differ from 87 due to missing values.
** Paired student’s t-test comparing mean values and Wilcoxon test comparing median values.
BASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, BASFI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, BASMI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index, ESR: Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate. CRP: C-reactive protein.

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