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

Table 5

Comparison of grip strength, functional ability, and disease activity variables at the baseline and after 3-month exercise between combined home exercise (COMB) group and range-of-motion home exercise (ROM) group.

Variables	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
Grip strength (kg)	28.6 ± 11.0	30.5 ± 12.0	0.109	29.5 ± 10.7	31.1 ± 9.2	0.262	0.682
BAS-G (0–10)	5.6 ± 2.7	3.6 ± 2.0	0.085	5.0 ± 2.8	4.1 ± 3.5	0.285	0.567
BASFI (0–10)	3.7 ± 3.3	1.9 ± 2.3	0.028	3.5 ± 2.9	3.5 ± 3.1	0.859	0.041
BASDI (0–10)	4.2 ± 1.9	3.7 ± 1.8	0.441	4.5 ± 2.1	4.5 ± 3.0	0.953	0.414
ESR (mm/h)	36.8 ± 28.6	24.8 ± 12.0	0.343	24.7 ± 23.1	25.0 ± 28.3	0.673	0.743
CRP (mg/dL)	1.27 ± 1.10	0.79 ± 0.56	0.260	1.07 ± 1.24	0.9 ± 0.99	0.345	1.000
Hb (gm/dL)	14.1 ± 1.1	14.1 ± 0.9	0.812	14.2 ± 1.8	14.1 ± 2.3	0.683	0.653

BAS-G: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Global Score; BASFI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index; BASDI: Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity; ESR: erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; Hb: hemoglobin. 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.