Aerobic exercise did not improve BASFI , CRP or ESR .
CONCLUSION Aerobic exercise did not provide beneficial effects either on disease activity or on physical function and biological parameters when compared to a control group in axial spondyloarthritis
AIM To evaluate the impact of an aerobic fitness program on disease activity , defined by the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index ( BASDAI ) and on C-reactive protein ( CRP ) , erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ) and the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index ( BASFI ) in case of axial spondyloarthritis .
The effect of 30 min cycle ergometry on ankylosing spondylitis.
The effect of 30 min cycle ergometry at approximately 100 W ( mean 98.8 W ; range 34 - 151 W ) in 11 male patients who had no hip involvement were studied . In most patients , exercise produced immediate increases in spinal flexibility and bilateral cervical tilt , and a reduction in pain . However , these improvements steadily waned and all had disappeared by 3 - 5 h. Exercise induced marked changes in the numbers of circulating leucocytes and platelets , and in the distribution of lymphocytes subsets , similar to those previously reported to occur in individuals without the disease . In a majority of patients there were positive associations ( Kendall 's tau test ) between Schober 's index and the platelet count , and negative associations between Schober 's index and the percentage of CD4-positive cells over a 5 h period on the exercise day , whereas there were negative associations between the pain score and the leucocyte and neutrophil counts over a comparable period on a control day without exercise . We conclude that exercising those regions of the body unaffected by disease can elicit short-term beneficial effects by a systemically mediated mechanism(s )
Aerobic exercise did not improve BASFI , CRP or ESR .
CONCLUSION Aerobic exercise did not provide beneficial effects either on disease activity or on physical function and biological parameters when compared to a control group in axial spondyloarthritis
AIM To evaluate the impact of an aerobic fitness program on disease activity , defined by the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index ( BASDAI ) and on C-reactive protein ( CRP ) , erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR ) and the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index ( BASFI ) in case of axial spondyloarthritis .