Assessment of functional ability in younger and older patients with ankylosing spondylitis: performance of the bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index |
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| Authors: | Falkenbach Albrecht Franke Annegret Van Tubergen Astrid Van Der Linden Sjef |
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| Affiliation: | Gastein Research Institute and Gasteiner Heilstollen Hospital, Bad Gastein, Austria. |
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| Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) is applicable in older patients with ankylosing spondylitis and whether it shows major differences between younger and older patients with ankylosing spondylitis. DESIGN: BASFI total scores and every BASFI item of 202 patients with ankylosing spondylitis aged >or=60 yr (group A) and 267 patients with ankylosing spondylitis aged
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