TABLE 5.

Functional assessments pre-and post-intervention, within and between groups (n = 20).

Variable	An exercise group (n = 12) (Median)				A control group (n= 8) (Median)				Between group comparisons p (Effect size)
	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	p	↑/↓	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention	p	↑/↓	Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
BASFI	2.48	0.95	0.798	↓	4.18	4.7	0.848	↑	0.056	0.007*
										(0.59)**
BASDAI	4.04	1.56	0.032*	↓	5.89	5.15	1.000	↓	0.779	0.002*
										(0.67)**
BASMI	1.8	0.70	< 0.001*	↓	1.5	1.9	0.081	↑	0.232	0.003*
										(0.63)**

BASDAI, bath ankylosing spondylitis disease index; BASFI, bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index; BASMI, bath ankylosing spondylitis metrology index; n, post-intervention number; ↑/↓, direction of change.

^*, p < 0.05.

^**, Effect size.