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01-07-2012 | Poster presentation
Intra-rater reliability of the bath ankylosing spondylitis disease activity index (BASDAI) and the bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI) in children with spondyloarthritis
Authors:
Michelle Batthish, Alisa Rachlis, Bertha Wong, Samantha Stevens, Michelle Anderson, Brian M Feldman, Ronald M Laxer, Joanne Marcuz, Margaret Reaume, Lynn Spiegel, Kristi Whitney-Mahoney, Shirley ML Tse
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2012
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Excerpt
Juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA), referred to as enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) sub-type under the International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) classification of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is characterized by inflammation in the joints and entheses. Axial involvement is uncommon at presentation but may develop in the second decade of life. Several instruments assessing disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis have been validated including the BASDAI and BASFI. At this time, there are no disease activity scores for JSpA or ERA. The objective of this study is to measure the intra-rater reliability of the BASDAI and the BASFI in JSpA/ERA. …
