Repercusiones en la calidad de vida en pacientes con espondilitis anquilosante mediante tratamiento fisioterápico

Abstract

Fundamentals and purpose Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) conditions the quality of life in these patients. Physical therapy treatment is a therapeutically instrument necessary in the management of these patients. In the present study there were evaluated the results from two physical therapy treatments measuring changes in quality of life. Material and methods 29 patients diagnosed with AS according to the modified criteria of New York were divided into 2 groups: control, and experimental group. Control group was treated with a conventional protocol of physical therapy in AS, whereas experimental group was treated with the protocol suggested by our investigation group based on the Global Postural Reeducation method. The quality of life outcome measure was the SF-36 Spanish version. Results The results showed a statistically improvement in all patients, independently of the physical therapy treatment. The greater improvement was in physical roll, social function, and emotional roll dimensions. However,there were no statistical differences between the improvement in both groups. Conclusions Physical therapy treatment is a therapeutically instrument necessary in the management of these patient, because improves the quality of life and physical parameters. Due to the few Spanish researches about the quality of life in AS, and about physical therapy treatment, further trials are necessary. Moreover, the validation of specific quality of life questionnaires in AS is necessary in further studies.