Methods Twenty patients suffering from ankylosing spondylitis were operated due to a spinal fracture. The fracture was located at the cervical spine in 7 cases, at the thoracic spine in 9 ...

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS ... consisting of five clinical measurements including cervical rotation, tragus-to-wall distance, lateral spine flexion, lumbar flexion and intermalleolar distance ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic rheumatic inflammatory disease. Before the advent of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, treatment was often ineffective, and severe ankylosing ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that causes pain and stiffness in your spine. It usually starts in your lower back but can also progress to your neck and destroy other joints in ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic (long-term) inflammatory condition that primarily affects the spine, leading to pain, stiffness, and changes in posture. At least 1.7 million adults in the ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is characterized by inflammation in certain joints, mainly the sacroiliac joints (where the spine attaches to the pelvis), the spine, and the hips. This inflammation causes ...

In 18 cases, a low energy injury of the spine occurred and in only 2 cases the cause was a high-energy injury (table 2). The fractures occurred in the cervical spine were compression injuries.