Ankylosing Spondylitis: The Current Trends of Rehabilitation

• Autor(a) principal: Cardoso, Carlos Filipe do Lago de Sá; Médico Interno do Serviço de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação do Hospital de Faro E.P.E., Portugal
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Capela, Joana Isabel Leonardo Dias Abreu; Médica Interno do Serviço de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação do Hospital de Faro E.P.E., Portugal, Pires, Eduarda Sandra Diogo Martins Afonso; Médica Assistente Hospitalar do Serviço de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação do Hospital de Faro E.P.E., Portugal
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.25759/spmfr.44

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease, of the group of spondyloarthropathies. Its clinicalcourse is characterized by high variability, from mild, well tolerated symptomatic presentations to extremeankylosis and major disability. To date there is no known cure. Recently new therapeutic options, such as antitumornecrosis factor, emerged which can affect the natural history of disease. Historically, rehabilitation is a partof the treatment of these patients.This paper reviews the different therapeutic modalities of rehabilitation in the treatment of Ankylosingspondylitis, but also the scientific evidence in literature supporting these different therapeutic approaches.The rehabilitation is part of the therapeutic arsenal in Ankylosing spondylitis. The empirical and historical practiceis substantiated by the data of the current revisions of Evidence Based Medicine. It is considered essential in thetreatment, with a role described as longitudinal in evolution and natural history of disease, with varying degreesof evidence perfectly demonstrated.Keywords: ankylosing spondylitis; exercise; rehabilitation