Inflammatory back pain in ankylosing spondylitis: A reassessment of the clinical history for application as classification and diagnostic criteria

Rudwaleit, Martin; Metter, Anke; Listing, Joachim; Sieper, Joachim; Braun, Jürgen

doi:10.1002/art.21619

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Inflammatory back pain in ankylosing spondylitis: A reassessment of the clinical history for application as classification and diagnostic criteria

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Authors:

Martin Rudwaleit

Anke Metter

Joachim Listing

Abstract

Abstract Objective Back pain associated with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is referred to as inflammatory back pain (IBP). The value of the clinical history in differentiating IBP from mechanical low back pain (MLBP) has been investigated in only a few studies. In this exploratory study, we sought to ...

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