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Background Previously, many studies have evaluated quality of life (QoL) in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), however, none of them specifically investigated the correlation between pain-related disability measured by Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and QoL in AS patients. In addition, the correlation between global kyphosis (GK) in lateral plain radiographs and QoL in AS patients remains...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of Chinese version of the ankylosing spondylitis quality of life questionnaire (ASQoL) for AS patients. All the enrolled AS patients should fulfill five questionnaires (BASDAI, BASFI, DFI, BAS-G and ASQoL) by himself, then the investigators did physical examination of the patients, fulfilling BASMI. Physical function has a strong correlation...
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