Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory disease that, over time, can cause some of the vertebrae in your spine to fuse. This fusing makes the spine less flexible and can result in a hunched-forward ...

Background Patients with Parkinson's disease have higher risk of complications and revision surgery following spine surgery. Spinal fracture in an ankylosed spine is also difficult to treat. We ...

Variations in an enzyme belonging to the immune system that leaves individuals susceptible to Ankylosing Spondylitis have been identified by researchers. The variation in ERAP1 can be detected by ...

Treatment with tofacitinib improved sacroiliac joint and spine scores among patients with ankylosing spondylitis and resulted in more patients achieving minimum clinically important differences ...

Ringo was yesterday diagnosed with extensive and severe anklyosing spondylitis although he was initially being investigated for possible cruciate disease. He is lively, boisterous and to the observer ...

Welcome, everyone. I'm Dr. John Whyte, the chief medical officer at WebMD. Ankylosing spondylitis is the type of arthritis that causes pain and stiffness in your spine. It typically occurs first in ...

When you have ankylosing spondylitis (AS), an inflammatory disease that causes pain and stiffness in your lower back and spine, it’s important to stay as physically active as possible. That may sound ...

What is Ankylosing Spondylitis? Ankylosing Spondylitis, a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the buttocks joints, spine, and hip joints. Ankylosing spondylitis is a very debilitating ...