Table 2:  Results.

 

 

baseline

discharge

1 months a.d.

3 months a.d.

Ott-sign (cm)

MT-group

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

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)

MT-group

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

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

MT-group

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

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

MT-group

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

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)

MT-group

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

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 (%)

MT-group

Mean ± SD

99.5 ± 17.4

105.42 ± 16.85

 

104.67 ± 15.8

#p-Wert

 

0.003

 

0.008

Control-group

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)