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Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on May 21, 2008
Rheumatology 2008 47(7):1100-1101; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/ken191
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Physical therapy in anti-TNF treated patients with ankylosing spondylitis

S. G. Dubey, J. Leeder and K. Gaffney

Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK

Correspondence to: S. Dubey, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK. E-mail: s.dubey@nhs.net

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SIR, AS is a chronic inflammatory condition of the spine most commonly affecting the axial skeleton. Physical therapy has a well-defined role in the management of this condition. A Cochrane review on the role of physiotherapy interventions in AS concluded that physical therapy (physiotherapy, home exercises, spa therapy) was beneficial; although it was not clear as to which treatment protocol should be recommended [1]. Similar conclusions were drawn in the review of AS for . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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