Combined Home Exercise Is More Effective Than Range-of-Motion Home Exercise in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
Comparison of chest expansion and spinal range of motion at the baseline and after 3-month exercise between combined home exercise (COMB) group and range-of-motion home exercise (ROM) group.
Measures
COMB group ( = 9)
ROM group ( = 10)
Both groups
Baseline mean (SD)
Postexercise mean (SD)
Within-group value
Baseline mean (SD)
Postexercise mean (SD)
Within-group † value
Between-groups ‡ value
Schober’s test
3.3 ± 2.0
3.8 ± 2.3
0.260
1.4 ± 1.1
2.2 ± 2.0
0.092
0.567
Finger-to-floor distance, cm
19.9 ± 13.8
14.9 ± 12.7
0.033
28.2 ± 12.3
25.4 ± 12.8
1.000
0.141
Chest expansion, cm
2.4 ± 1.6
2.6 ± 0.8
0.553
1.7 ± 2.1
2.5 ± 1.9
0.059
0.391
Occiput-to-wall distance, cm
4.9 ± 5.1
2.7 ± 5.9
0.223
9.7 ± 9.2
9.8 ± 9.4
0.680
0.665
C-ext, degree
41.9 ± 17.7
44.9 ± 23.8
0.596
23.7 ± 17.7*
28.7 ± 25.9
0.497
0.967
C-flex, degree
37.4 ± 19.3
37.8 ± 18.7
1.000
23.7 ± 15.8
26.4 ± 17.4
0.400
0.615
C-LR, degree
48.1 ± 28.1
53.3 ± 25.0
0.236
32.5 ± 26.4
35.2 ± 21.9
0.482
0.836
C-RR, degree
45.9 ± 26.2
52.6 ± 24.6
0.202
30.0 ± 27.4
34.8 ± 24.9
0.778
0.681
C-LSB, degree
27.1 ± 17.2
31.9 ± 21.5
0.446
18.6 ± 17.9
17.6 ± 17.9
0.610
0.283
C-RSB, degree
33.8 ± 20.9
34.1 ± 22.2
0.779
16.2 ± 17.6
18.6 ± 19.0
0.113
0.362
C-ext: cervical extension; C-flex: cervical flexion; C-LR: left rotation of the cervical spine; C-RR: right rotation of the cervical spine; C-LSB: left side bending of the cervical spine; C-RSB: right side bending of the cervical spine. values for differences in the baseline data between the COMB and the ROM groups; values for differences in the postexercise data between the COMB and the ROM groups; values for differences in the changed score between the baseline and the postexercise data between the COMB and the ROM groups.
