Table 3.
Self-rating scores and physical examinations among patients before and after 1-month or 2-month courses.
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Precourse value | Postcourse value | Differencea | P valueb | Precourse value | Postcourse value | Differencea | P valueb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) |
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Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) |
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BASDAIc scale | 3.7 (1.5) | 3.7 (1.9) | 2.7 (2.6) | 2.4 (1.6) | –1.0 (2.5) | –1.8 (0.9) | .63 | 3.7 (2.4) | 3.0 (2.2) | 2.6 (2.5) | 1.2 (4.5) | –1.0 (1.7) | –1.1 (1.1) | .10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BASFId scale | 1.9 (2.0) | 0.8(3.2) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.6 (0.1) | –1.3 (2.0) | –0.2 (3.4) | .50 | 1.7 (2.0) | 1.0 (1.4) | 1.2 (1.6) | 0.5 (0.8) | –0.5 (0.6) | –0.5 (0.9) | .03c | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schober test (cm) | 4.0 (3.8) | 5.0 (7.0) | 6.3 (3.0) | 6.0 (2.5) | 2.3 (3.1) | 3.0 (1.0) | .19 | 5.2 (2.8) | 6.5 (3.5) | 6.7 (3.3) | 5.7 (1.5) | 1.5 (5.4) | –1.0 (2.8) | ≥.99 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Finger-to-floor flexion test (cm) | 14.2 (14.5) | 9.0 (3.0) | 12.3 (6.6) | 9.0 (12.0) | –1.9 (11.5) | –1.0 (3.5) | .81 | 11.8 (10.7) | 10.0 (15.0) | 12.7 (9.4) | 14.0 (14.0) | 0.9 (2.8) | 1.0 (5.0) | .43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Enthesis score | 1.0 (1.0) | 1.0 (2.0) | 0.8 (1.3) | 0 (1.0) | –0.2 (2.2) | –1.0 (3.0) | .94 | 2.4 (2.5) | 2.0 (4.0) | 3.1 (3.3) | 2.0 (7.0) | 0.7 (2.4) | 0 (1.0) | .38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
aDifference was calculated by the postcourse value minus the precourse value in pairs.
bP value was calculated by Wilcoxon signed ranked test for paired results; P<.05.
cBASDAI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index.
dBASFI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index.