Table 2: Results.
|
baseline |
discharge |
1 months a.d. |
3 months a.d. |
Ott-sign
(cm) |
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MT-group |
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Mean
± SD |
1.89 ± 1.45 |
3.12 ± 1.48 |
2.88 ± 1.4 |
2.66 ± 1.82 |
#p-value |
|
0.002 |
0.002 |
0.004 |
Control-group |
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Mean
± SD |
1.41 ± 0.93 |
1.58 ± 1.06 |
1.69 ± 0.84 |
1.88 ± 0.88 |
#p-value |
|
0.227 |
0.081 |
0.065 |
*p-value |
0.355 |
0.002 |
0.009 |
0.213 |
dCE
(cm) |
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MT-group |
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Mean
± SD |
2.53 ± 1.44 |
3.62 ± 1.04 |
3.02 ± 0.99 |
3.49 ± 1.6 |
#p-value |
|
0.001 |
0.026 |
0.005 |
Control-group |
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Mean
± SD |
2.08 ± 0.77 |
1.86 ± 0.62 |
2.11 ± 0.95 |
1.71 ± 0.9 |
#p-value |
|
0.306 |
0.754 |
0.13 |
*p-value |
0.538 |
< 0.001 |
0.026 |
0.005 |
BASDAI |
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MT-group |
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Mean
± SD |
5.43 ± 2.58 |
3.77 ± 2.07 |
3.66 ± 1.87 |
3.96 ± 1.74 |
#p-value |
|
0.004 |
0.008 |
0.041 |
Control-group |
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Mean
± SD |
5.32 ± 2.07 |
4.8 ± 2.5 |
4.85 ± 2.52 |
4.79 ± 2.48 |
#p-value |
|
0.074 |
0.266 |
0.347 |
*p-value |
0.773 |
0.356 |
0.141 |
0.260 |
BASFI |
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MT-group |
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Mean
± SD |
4.53 ± 2.27 |
3.08 ± 1.59 |
2.95 ± 1.78 |
3.09 ± 2.17 |
#p-value |
|
0.006 |
0.002 |
0.028 |
Control-group |
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Mean
± SD |
4.94 ± 2.87 |
5.03 ± 2.47 |
4.65 ± 2.57 |
4.46 ± 2.94 |
#p-value |
|
0.969 |
0.415 |
0.286 |
*p-value |
0.840 |
0.032 |
0.078 |
0.260 |
VAS (1-10) |
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MT-group |
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Mean
± SD |
5.36 ± 2.68 |
3.04 ± 2.65 |
3.24 ± 2.24 |
3.07 ± 2.25 |
#p-value |
|
0.006 |
0.005 |
0.013 |
Control-group |
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Mean
± SD |
5.03 ± 3.12 |
4.08 ± 2.54 |
4.94 ± 2.86 |
4.79 ± 2.97 |
#p-value |
|
0.41 |
0.969 |
0.754 |
*p-
value |
0.729 |
0.402 |
0.149 |
0.225 |
IVC (%) |
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MT-group |
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Mean
± SD |
99.5 ± 17.4 |
105.42 ± 16.85 |
|
104.67 ± 15.8 |
#p-Wert |
|
0.003 |
|
0.008 |
Control-group |
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Mean
± SD |
93.92 ± 17.53 |
93 ± 16.92 |
|
93.58 ± 17.17 |
#p-value |
|
0.36 |
|
0.796 |
*p-value |
0.729 |
0.259 |
|
0.260 |
a.d. - after discharge, dCE - differences chest expansion, BASDAI - Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, BASFI - Bath
Ankylosing Spondylitis Functionality Index, VAS - visuell analog scale (pain), IVC - inspiratory vital
capacity
#p-value
Wilcoxon-Test (differences between the measuring time points versus baseline)
*p-value
Mann-Whitney U-Tests (group differences)