Kinesiotherapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Abstract

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease from the group of spondylarthritis, characterized by damage to the predominantly axial skeleton, gradual formation of functional disorders of the spine and joints, leading to temporary or permanent disability and poor quality of life for patients, mostly young. In recent years, much attention has been paid to the study of the effectiveness of kinesitherapy in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Studies have been conducted that confirmed the positive effect on the function of the spine and joints of regular exercises performed at home, regular group exercise and their combination with physiotherapy methods. However, due to the imperfect methodology of conducting these studies and the lack of a standardized approach in evaluating the effectiveness of therapy in these patients, further detailed researches are needed to select the required amount of kinesitherapy for patients with ankylosing spondylitis and develop a standardized assessment of its effectiveness.

Various Methods of Early Rehabilitation of Athletes With Ankle Joint Injuries

“…The analysis of literature sources shows that most of the injuries of the lower extremities are injuries of the ankle joint with obligatory damage to the ligamentous apparatus (75%) [3,5,15]. This dictates the need to conduct studies and search for the causal factors in the development of joint injuries in order to be able to detect them early, followed by treatment and rehabilitation.…”

“…At these stages, the complex participation of sports medicine specialists, together with traumatologists and rehabilitation specialists, is necessary. This is necessary to ensure early diagnosis of trauma and the speedy introduction of rehabilitation measures [4][5][6].…”

“…Features of the anatomical structure of the ankle joint, its muscular-ligamentous apparatus contributes to the occurrence of most injuries (90%) with damage to the external ligaments, ruptures of the deltoid ligaments and the anterior or posterior part of the articular capsule [1,5].…”