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Review
. 2017 Oct;49(3):207-210.
doi: 10.5152/eurasianjmed.2017.17116.

Ankylosing Spondylitis and Balance

Alper Uckun  1 , Ilhan Sezer  2
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Review

Ankylosing Spondylitis and Balance

Alper Uckun et al. Eurasian J Med. 2017 Oct.

Abstract
in English, Turkish

Ankylosing spondylitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects axial joints and the changes in the vertebrae cause typical kyphotic posture. In patients with ankylosing spondylitis, the postural changes, including cervical flexion, decreased lumbar lordosis, posterior rotation of pelvis, hip extension, knee flexion, and plantar flexion of ankle along with kyphosis, may occur in the upcoming terms of the disease and may negatively affect balance. Joint and eye involvements; muscular, vestibular and proprioceptional changes can also affect balance. This review evaluates the ankylosing spondylitis-equilibrium relationship together with posture and other parameters of balance.

Ankilozan spondilit temel olarak aksiyal eklemleri etkileyen kronik inflamatuar bir hastalıktır ve omurgadaki değişiklikler tipik kifotik posture sebep olur. Ankilozan spondilitli hastalarda kifozla birlikte servikal fleksiyon, azalmış lomber lordoz, pelvisin posterior rotasyonu, kalça ekstansiyonu, diz fleksiyonu, ayak bilek plantar fleksiyonunu içeren postural değişiklikler dengeyi olumsuz etkileyebilir. Postur ile birlikte eklem ve göz tutulumları, vestibular ve proprioseptif değişiklikler de ayrıca dengeyi etkileyebilir. Bu derlemede ankilozan spondilit denge ilişkisini posturle birlikte dengenin diğer parametreleriyle de ele alınmıştır.

Keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis; balance; posture.

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Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

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Figure 1.
Sagittal angular measurements PI: pelvic incidence; PT: pelvic tilt; SS: sacral slope
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