BioMed Research International

Research Article

Combined Home Exercise Is More Effective Than Range-of-Motion Home Exercise in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Demographic data of the study subjects.


Characteristic	COMB group	ROM group	value*
Characteristic	( = 9)	( = 10)	value*

Age, years, mean (SD)	36.2 ± 11.7	42.1 ± 8.8	0.219
Gender (M/F)			1.000
BW, kg, mean (SD)	64.0 ± 12.0	63.5 ± 9.9	0.935
BH, cm, mean (SD)	164.1 ± 7.8	160.5 ± 8.4	0.461
BMI, kg/m², mean (SD)	23.8 ± 7.8	24.7 ± 3.7	0.462
Disease duration, years, mean (SD)	11.1 ± 6.8	17.3 ± 10.7	0.164
Smoking (yes/no)			0.582
Marriage (yes/no)			1.00
Regular exercise (yes/no)			1.00
Medication
NSAID (yes/no)			1.00
DMARD (yes/no)			1.00

COMB: combined home exercise; ROM: range-of-motion home exercise; BW: body weight; BH: body height; BMI: body mass index; NSAID: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; DMARD: disease-modifying agent. values for differences in the baseline data between the COMB and the ROM groups.